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The President reviewed the enterprise’s products and information displays and toured the assembly workshop. He was accompanied by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Presidential Aide Alexei Dyumin, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutsan, and Governor of St Petersburg Alexander Beglov. Commentaries were provided by General Director – Chief Designer of Radar MMS Georgy Antsev, Executive Director, member of the Board of Directors Ivan Antsev, and Director of the unmanned aerial and surface vehicles research and production complex Vasily Antsev.

During the visit, Vladimir Putin presented the Order of Alexander Nevsky to the enterprise’s team. Later, the President held a meeting on the development of Radar MMS at its premises.

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Radar MMS is one of the country’s leading companies in the design of smart weapon guidance systems, military and civilian avionics, as well as monitoring, navigation, and complex software systems. The enterprise traces its history back to 1950.

Radar MMS workshops are located across multiple sites, with a total area exceeding 120,000 square metres. The production facilities employ over 2,500 different machine tools.

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Opening remarks at the meeting on the development of Radar MMS

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues,

First of all, I would like to once again congratulate the Radar team on being awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

This high state decoration is absolutely deserved. Within the walls of your enterprise, experienced and qualified experts work diligently to fulfil assigned tasks, serving Russia with honesty and dedication.

We have just familiarised ourselves with the products manufactured by Radar. The enterprise develops truly effective, cutting-edge unmanned aerial vehicles, radio and electronic and telecommunications equipment, Earth’s surface monitoring systems, and so forth, as well as a variety of navigation complexes with a wide variety of applications.

All high-tech products designed and manufactured by your enterprise form part of modern detection, reconnaissance, and guidance systems for precision-guided weapons.

One of the enterprise’s key areas of focus is the creation of modern unmanned aerial systems for both the civilian sector and the Armed Forces. I would like to emphasise in this regard: it is imperative to actively advance both these avenues. We have spoken about this repeatedly in the past. We have addressed this matter numerous times before. All necessary instructions have been issued and are being conveyed to the enterprise’s leadership.

Furthermore, it is noteworthy that your enterprise dedicates significant effort to crafting state-of-the-art equipment utilising modern electronic components, and this endeavour must unquestionably persist.

It is equally important that the enterprise continues to produce civilian products that are in high demand, such as modern high-speed hydrofoil vessels. We discussed this today during the inspection – and with Governor [Alexander Beglov] as well. Here is what matters: it is essential to reduce costs and, of course, keep the final price of the product more affordable for consumers. It must be acknowledged that the latest models of these vessels boast improved levels of comfort and environmental safety. On the whole, these are modern vessels that, in my opinion, are highly needed in Russia today.

Undoubtedly, a priority of your work remains the fulfilment of state defence order assignments. In 2023–2024, the enterprise was granted subsidies to expand its production capacities as part of the state programme to develop the defence industry. Today, we will assess the efficiency of utilizing these resources, the overall development of the enterprise, and discuss its future plans.

Additionally, we will review the progress of priority state contracts, identify current challenges, if any, and determine if additional support from the Government of the Russian Federation is needed.

Let us get started. Please.

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