Meeting on defence industry development
May 10, 2012 Nizhny Tagil
Выступление на совещании по вопросам развития оборонно-промышленного комплекса.
10 мая 2012 года Нижний Тагил
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the new challenges facing Russia's defence industry.
Vladimir Putin stressed the need to strengthen control over the quality of the defence contracts execution at all stages, from initiation and composition to full performance.
In addition, Vladimir Putin highlighted the need to encourage real competition in the defence industry, including through the involvement of civilian companies and private businesses in defence programmes. Russia's defence industry must make a technological breakthrough and complete a comprehensive modernisation cycle, the President said.
The meeting was attended by heads of relevant ministries, agencies, state corporations and a number of defence industry enterprises.
Sverdlovsk Region
Meeting on defence industry development.
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Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office
Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office
Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office
Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office
Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the new challenges facing Russia's defence industry.
Vladimir Putin stressed the need to strengthen control over the quality of the defence contracts execution at all stages, from initiation and composition to full performance.
In addition, Vladimir Putin highlighted the need to encourage real competition in the defence industry, including through the involvement of civilian companies and private businesses in defence programmes. Russia's defence industry must make a technological breakthrough and complete a comprehensive modernisation cycle, the President said.
The meeting was attended by heads of relevant ministries, agencies, state corporations and a number of defence industry enterprises.
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PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon, colleagues, friends,
Today we are going to talk about the overall development of Russia's defence industry.
Since this meeting is being held at Uralvagonzavod, I will start with the following: I would like to thank the Defence Ministry and the company's management for completing highly complex negotiations and signing a three-year armoured vehicles modernisation contract (for 360 units), worth in total 19 billion rubles [$640 million], with a 100% prepayment. These are excellent terms for the company, guaranteeing efficient and uninterrupted operation. Uralvagonzavod achieved unprecedented results in car-building last year, surpassing even the Soviet indicators: the plant manufactured 25,000 train cars. This year, the plant is 10-15% ahead of the plan, which is an excellent pace and I hope it continues.
Moreover, Uralvagonzavod has an excellent, extensive investment programme, focused on modernising production. I was at the State Duma recently, presenting Mr Medvedev for the post of Prime Minister, as the already approved Prime Minister, and the deputies asked questions about modernisation in the defence industry. Although the question had to do with the elemental electronic base, it equally applies to all defence industry enterprises.
With respect to Uralvagonzavod, where this meeting is being held, the plant has a modernisation programme to 2020. The funding just from the federal budget amounts to 67 billion rubles [$2.3 billion]. In addition, the corporation will provide 40% of the funding from its own resources. In total, about 100 billion will be spent on modernising Uralvagonzavod. That is a very substantial amount, which will guarantee systematic efforts and a breakthrough to a new level of production. Today we are going to discuss how these efforts should be organised.
This was a preamble, and now to the point.
Today we will focus on national security issues, as I said, first and foremost on the new challenges facing Russia's defence industry. The basic strategic objectives have been formulated for this sector, and we have talked about this many times. In the coming years we are to substantially improve the efficiency and combat readiness of our Armed Forces and take their capability to a qualitatively different level.
On this basis, we will continue our efforts to supply the troops with modern technology, to develop defence infrastructure and to increase the intensity of combat training and education. We will also improve the social guarantees for service personnel and their families, which includes their pay, the special insurance system, additional civilian education and so on.
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