MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has a design for an advanced aircraft carrier in the works, while conveying its own position to the Russian Navy command, USC CEO Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview published on the corporation’s website Monday.

"This is a question for the Navy - whether an aircraft carrier should or should not be built, and what kind of carrier. This discussion has been going on for as long as I have worked in the company, for 8 years now. We are proactive in design, and we regularly convey our position to the Navy. We have to know, and know precisely, what our enemy thinks and what it does," he said.

Meanwhile, the CEO underscored that the corporation has its own opinion on "what a future aircraft carrier is, how it should be built, and with what technological specifications."

Rakhmanov also confirmed that the heavy aircraft cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov will be commissioned in 2024. According to the CEO, this particular order involves over 2,000 people.

"Repairs did not stop for even a single minute of the cruiser’s time in the dock," he noted.