SRDSC has awarded a contract to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the development of the technical design of modernization of the frigate «Hetman Sahaydachniy».

Due to the modernization its service life will be extended, fighting efficiency and habitability will be improved.

The frigate «Hetman Sahaydachniy», project 11351, was commissioned in 1993. Now it is the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy.

At September 2015, at the Government Meeting, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, pointed out that the full modernization of the frigate is planned till 2018.