In the Soviet era, the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau was involved in design of all the models of Air Cushion Crafts or ACC intended for the Soviet Navy, such as Skat, Kalmar and Jeyran LCACs, including the Zubr Class system, the world’s largest landing craft. In the interview below, Dmitry Tsymlyakov, the ACC…
Shield and Sword of Import Substitution
The past year has posed a number of challenges for Russia that have not been approached as critical before. It is already clear now that if the country intends to preserve its economical independence it can not do without import substitution. Text: Oleg Bystritsky Complex of inevitabilities As the international cooperation continued to develop,…
Shipbuilding: by Our Own Efforts and In-House Only
According to statement of Dmitry Rogozin, Vice-Premier of the Russian Federation in Twitter “we will build our fleet by our own efforts and in-house only” Text: Igor Chubakha [caption id="attachment_10591" align="alignleft" width="300"] The French helicopter transport ship Mistral sits docked at a quay on the Neva River in central St. Petersburg near the celebrated…
Electronics: we are not technological slaves
One of the segments of Russian economy, which needs import substitution to a maximum extent, is the sphere of IТ technologies. Text: Nikolai Bromilev Original code “Today we are in the unique situation, uniquely bad, when we have only 10 % of electronic equipment, new equipment in the Russian market delivered from…
Go East
Due to the increasing economic potential of the Asia-Pacific region Russia reorients the export flows of energy to the East. After that, it is likely to come to a possible partnership in the segments of high-tech industries. Text: Semyon GalyasinDue to the transition to a multipolar system of international relations, the export map of the world…
Domestic Night Vision Devices
Technology and Application At all times military commanders have to solve the problem of night time effective use to complete tactical missions during combat operations. In our country, R&D efforts to develop Night Vision Devices (NVDs) were intensified in the 1930s. At that time, first photoelectronic devices were developed. Kirill Ryabov, a blogger and an expert…
Family of underwater gliders – new prospects
A. Gaykovich, PhD in Engineering Science, Deputy General Director, JSС “NPP PT “OCEANOS” JSC “NPP PT “Oceanos” has been working on its own initiative since 2011 in collaboration with the State Marine Technical University of St.-Petersburg (SMTU) and other higher academic institutions of the country on building a family of underwater vehicles with predominantly hydrodynamic principles of…
Combat experience: like sitting on a powder keg
The craftiness of these tatty-looking "crocks" or, conversely, elegant "jiggers", lies in their relatively small size, efficiency of destruction, stealth, surprise application, remote detonation possibility and a dozen of other "advantages."At the peak of mine warfareMy archive includes a document "Battle report of engineering service of Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs…
Peaceful Laser in Mobilization Reserve
Russian scientific breakthrough in the sphere of laser developments provides evidence that our scientists frequently get ahead of their foreign colleagues. Moreover, months are counted. Now it would be great to support investigations with prompter implementation. Laser in Military Uniform Tests of new electronic warfare system for upgraded strike helicopter Mi-28NM “Night Hunter” will be…
The new engine by JSC “Zvezda” is by 70% localized
In 2011 a number of sub-programs under the Federal Special Purpose Program “National Technological Base” was launched, one of which concerned the diesel engine manufacturing. JSC “Zvezda” is one of the key enterprises in the implementation of the subprogram. Our interviewee today is Pavel Plavnik, Chairman of the Board of Directors. - Mr. Plavnik, what…












