Baltiysky Zavod JSC as a part of a Joint Industrial Corporation produced the first Club-N missile system for the Indian Navy. The system will be fitted onto frigates project 17, which are under construction in India.
A contract for the production of three sets of Club-N missile system Baltiysky Zavod concluded with FSUE Special Mechanical Engineering Design Office in October 2004. The second set the customer will receive in April and the third one – in October 2006. Baltiysky Zavod is manufacturing missiles loading device set and launcher 3Ñ-14Ý. The Club-N missile system will be armed with cruise missiles and guidance system by specialists of Novator Design Bureau.
Shipborne Club-N missile system was developed by Novator Design Bureau specially for export to India. Baltiysky Zavod partially participated in the investments into the system development.
Club-N is the first anti-ship missile system of vertical takeoff produced in Russia. Each of the Indian frigates will carry missiles, which will be launched from vertical containers on the bow of the ship.
The contract for the production of Club-N missile system was made with Baltiysky Zavod owing to the previous experience of the shipyard. In 2000-2004 Baltiysky Zavod produced the analogous systems and fitted them onto three frigates project 11356, which were built for the Indian Navy. Upon results of operation testing of the system the Indian Naval Staff made a decision to arm their frigates with anti-ship weapons produced by Baltiysky Zavod.
For production of components of Club-N missile system Baltiysky Zavod purchased two modern versatile machines – lathe and milling. Both machines have numeric control and electronic measuring system that allows effect machining with high accuracy. The new machines increased performance of mechanical production four times owing to high efficiency and qualitative machining.
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Baltiysky Zavod will celebrate its 150th anniversary this year. From the very moment of its foundation Baltiysky Zavod became a leading enterprise among the industrial and shipbuilding companies in Russia. In all, the shipyard built more than 500 warships, submarines and civil ships.
Today Baltiysky Zavod JSC is under a Joint Industrial Corporation umbrella. It occupies a significant position among the shipbuilding companies in Russia. Baltiysky Zavod is experienced in constructing icebreakers and ice-class ships with the nuclear-powered and diesel plants, large-capacity cargo vessels and warships as well. Within the limits of prospective shipbuilding program Baltiysky Zavod JSC is able to divert its activities into construction of floating atomic power plants.
At present the Baltiysky Zavod’s stock of orders amounts to USD 600 mio (till 2009). | 
