Saturday, May 21, 2022

Valodya's Meeting With The Head Of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov

kremlin.ru  |  Vladimir Putin:  Sergey Viktorovich, Rostec is our largest defense industry corporation. Do you have an annual performance report?

Sergei Chemezov :  Yes, here is our annual report.

The theme of our annual report is "Environment for the Development of the New". A lot has been done in 2021. Our consolidated revenue grew by almost 10 percent and amounted to two trillion 60 billion [roubles]. We have crossed an important psychological milestone of two trillion. We have been striving for this for a long time, and finally last year we overcame this barrier, this milestone.

Consolidated net profit increased by almost 47 percent and amounted to 163.5 billion rubles. EBITDA increased by 18 percent and reached 335 billion. The total market value of assets, a new indicator that we have introduced since last year, is 980.5 billion rubles, which is one and a half times higher than in 2020, that is, the value of our assets is constantly growing.

The share of civilian products in the consolidated revenue reached 45.5 percent.

Vladimir Putin:  Good.

Sergei Chemezov:  Yes. You set us the task of reaching 50 percent by 2030. We set ourselves the task of 2025, but last year the share of civilian products was 45.5 percent.

This, of course, thanks primarily to KamAZ. We have enterprises that produce a fairly large volume of civilian products, such as KamAZ and Russian Helicopters. The same UAC has begun to produce civilian aircraft in large quantities - not yet in large enough quantities, but we are striving for this.

Vladimir Putin:  Now there is a chance to occupy the domestic market.

Sergei Chemezov:  That is correct, of course.

Our pharmaceutical holding Nacimbio did a great job last year and the year before last. We have delivered more than 100 million sets of all kinds of vaccines to our consumers all over Russia: against covid, flu, and various other diseases. We manufacture most vaccines ourselves.

The achieved financial results have made it possible to increase the volume of investments by 18 percent, which already amounts to 242 billion rubles today. Thus, at the end of 2021, the corporation achieved all the goals that we set for ourselves.

I would like to dwell on some of the events that took place in the life of our corporation. 72 technological modernization projects were completed. First of all, this is the modernization of the aviation complex of enterprises producing helicopters and airplanes, as well as aircraft engines, because today this is the most important area in which we work.

We carried out the technical re-equipment of the enterprises of the optical industry at the Vologda and Novosibirsk optical plants. And the equipment has been replaced, and the technologies are modern.

Vladimir Putin:  Modernization.

Sergei Chemezov:  Yes. We carried out a deep modernization.

57 innovative technologies have been mastered and put into production, including technologies for manufacturing aircraft engine parts using direct laser growth, glazing technologies for the cabin of a new domestic cruise liner, which is currently under construction, called "Peter the Great", which will sail along the Volga and the sea, the river - sea.

Service for urban management.

We completed the development of 233 innovative products, including the MS-21-300 aircraft with a wing made of Russian composite, and the Okhotnik combat unmanned aerial vehicle. I will talk about these projects in more detail later.

A deep modernization of the Tu-160M ​​missile carrier with a new NK-32 engine has been completed. We have actually created a new machine. Only the former appearance remained, but, in fact, everything is new there: the engine is new, and the on-board equipment, all units have been replaced. All documentation was completely digitized, because the last car was produced at the Kazan plant somewhere in the 1980s.

Issued 834 patents and 474 know-hows. The total investment in research and development work has reached 170 billion rubles.

What products did we create last year? First of all, this is a Checkmate light tactical aircraft. Why is it named in English? Because it is mainly export-oriented. We are creating this aircraft at our own expense, without attracting budget money. We hope that, perhaps, the Ministry of Defense will mature and also acquire such an aircraft. I think that this plane will be very good. This is a fifth generation machine, a light aircraft. We first showed it at MAKS last year. This is a new generation multifunctional platform. It is capable of effectively countering fifth-generation aircraft in long-range and close combat.

Vladimir Putin:  Easy, right?

Sergei Chemezov:  Yes, it is light, it has one engine.

We took the basis of the onboard equipment, the engine, from the fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft, but slightly modified it. Now the design documentation is being developed, a new sample has been created.

Vladimir Putin:  I saw him.

Sergei Chemezov:  Yes, we did. We plan to start mass production in 2027.

PD-14 engine is already running.

Vladimir Putin:  Excellent.

Sergei Chemezov:  We have certified it. Serial production will begin in 2023. In 2023, certification tests will be carried out on our composite wing and on our engine.

Vladimir Putin:  On MS-21?

Sergei Chemezov:  MS-21. In 2024, we will produce the first six machines.

Drone "Hunter": its distinguishing feature is a flat engine nozzle. The new technical solution made the aviation complex less visible to radars. In addition, a new ground control post is being created for the drone. In 2021, the first flight model was rolled out. Already in 2023, we will start mass-producing it and supplying it to the Ministry of Defense.

The first offshore helicopter Mi-171A3. We also showed him for the first time at MAKS last year, he made his first flight. Designed for offshore operations and maintenance of offshore drilling platforms. There are already customers: our gas workers, oil companies. In 2023, we will start mass production. Certification tests are currently underway. The first deliveries are scheduled for early 2024.

Created a new marine diesel-gas turbine unit M55R. This is a new engine that is installed on our frigates. This is the first such Russian engine. We are already starting to mass-produce it.

In the field of healthcare, we have done a lot, and covid has spurred this on. In this regard, we have increased the share of civilian products. In particular, we have created the Diathera magnetotherapy device. It is intended for the treatment and prevention of eye diseases. It treats myopia, farsightedness and, in addition, computer vision syndrome - it has now become very common among young people, because they sit at the computer all day. This device does not require special medical training: treatment can be done at home or in any clinic. We started to produce it, it is already on sale. It is in the rating of the program "100 best goods of Russia" for the last year. A very interesting device.

The drug COVID-globulin is a drug created from the plasma [blood] of people who have recovered from covid and already have antibodies. Last year, it was actively used to treat patients. He is very helpful and in high demand.

Portable ventilator "Aventa-Vita": can be used in ambulances, and in ambulance helicopters, in ambulance aircraft, as well as at home. At the end of this year, we will start mass production and sale.

The neonatal ventilator SLE 6000 is a new version of the ventilator for supporting breathing in newborns. It differs from analogues in the function that eliminates air retention in the lungs, and the ability to automatically control saturation.

The Oxipolus oxygen concentrator is a very interesting device: it produces oxygen from the air. It produces, cleans, disinfects it, after which it delivers a sterile stream directly to the patient. In this regard, you can put a ventilator with this device anywhere, in any room, in any hospital, and it is not necessary that it be provided with special gases.

Vladimir Putin:  How long did it take to create all this?

Sergei Chemezov: About  one and a half to two years. As soon as covid started, we started working on it.

Vladimir Putin:  So, by and large, in a year and a half or two, it is possible to achieve import substitution for those products that are now difficult to import?

Sergei Chemezov:  Of course. In 2022, we will start mass-producing these devices, oxygen concentrators.

Vladimir Putin:  Good.

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