How blind the enemy with KRET technology

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Russian electronic warfare can demoralize the enemy, as it has been in the past year with an advanced into the Black Sea American destroyer "Donald Kuck." But in order to increase the potential of arms and make it the most "invisible" in the world, have to withstand the blows of the crisis, reduce costs and accelerate new scientific developments.

Once during the war with Georgia in 2008, Russia has lost some ground attack aircraft, it was decided all combat aircraft and other strategic weapons to equip a modern means of electronic warfare. In 2009, for this purpose and was created as a part of "Russian Technologies" "Concern of radio technology" (KRET), which now includes more than a hundred research institutes, enterprises and design bureaus. The success of the development of these institutions and enterprise performance depends as much of the country's defense, as modern warfare strategy is based on the advantages in the field of electronic warfare. Simply put, the winner is the one who is able to remain unnoticed as possible, to ward off enemy missiles and just as suddenly hit her. On the recent economic results, plans survival in times of crisis and new achievements in the defense and civil industry says Deputy General Director Igor Nosenko KRET and his adviser Valery Mikheyev.

Igor Nosenko, "State Defense Order is growing"

- Igor G., what financial results KRET completed was relatively prosperous for all year?

- Revenues totaled 105 billion we rubles, which is 35% more than last year. Net income, we have grown to 8.5 billion - an increase of 15%, return - one of the highest in the Russian defense companies. Revenue growth occurred including through consolidation of assets is the result stated earlier strategy. In particular, last year to 93.26% stake in leading Russian and one of the world's largest suppliers of radar systems corporation "Fazatron-NIIR". We also consolidated in the management of such companies as radio factory "Signal", "Radio set", "Techpribor" and the other, the cost of which eventually grew to 30%. But at the same time we get rid of non-core assets in 2020 in KRET should stay out of a hundred of 71 efficient company. At the same time, we are going to get more control over 13 companies in the sector which is outside now KRET. Through a program of rehabilitation of enterprises for 10 years, the cost of the Group increased by five times - up to 300 billion rubles.

- How your enterprises reflected macroeconomic problems - devaluation and increase lending rates?

- Yes, it will be difficult, because the cost of production will increase due to the appreciation of the dollar, while the share of imported parts and other expenses in the currency we have, unfortunately, not at the level that I would like to see. Our businesses, banks lent last year under the 9-10% per annum, from the end of the past due to higher key rate - by 20-25%. But we have made two scenarios for this year - optimistic and pessimistic. And we expect to increase revenue to more than 114 billion rubles. In the end, KRET created just in the crisis year 2009.

- Due to what?

- First, we see a great window of opportunity in the civil aviation. For example, import substitution program participate in co-operation with the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) to complete our long-term civil avionics MC-21 aircraft. In general, we share civilian production fell mainly due to the growth of the state defense order, which this year has reached 82% of the total turnover.

- As you know, the parent company KRET - Rostec - have been considerable disagreement on the part of a complete set of civilian aircraft with the former KLA leader Mikhail Pogosyan. With his departure, change your plans?

- I would not say that this is some kind of personal conflicts, most system: everyone wants to equip their products the best equipment in the world, and competition is tough everywhere, but at the same time on each prevails and demand the government not to use imported if there are Russian analogs. But you can always find a compromise. We are the Ministry of Industry and the new head of the KLA quite find mutual understanding. But the problem, I emphasize, all general: it is the need for technical re-equipment of enterprises to improve the efficiency and quality of defense and civilian products.

- And how are you with this state of affairs?

- More than a third of revenue we got through innovative products, which appeared as a result of technical re-equipment, it will increase exports - we, by the way, we plan to expand it at the expense of the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America this year. Modernization at a cost of 22.9 billion rubles, of which 8.4 - KRET own funds, and the rest received under the federal targeted program. In the re-equipment involved ten companies. This allowed us to increase productivity to 1.3 million rubles per year per employee.

- This is less than the average in competitor countries for armament ...

- Alas, yes, it is less than in the US, 10 times less than the average in developed countries seven times. But the process has just started re-equipment.

- The new equipment is more likely to buy the same for the most part imported?

- Yes, we are, of course, also now focus on working with Russian suppliers, mainly in the holding company "Stankoprom." But their success will also depend on the speed of technical re-equipment. In general, we solve this problem by creating scientific and industrial clusters. In fact, in order for us and consolidate core assets to make them more effective. This will allow to compete in the arms market, create new ones, which have no analogues in the world of electronic warfare, avionics and our other core systems.

Valery Mikheyev: "Our new electronic warfare have no analogues in the world"

For three years KRET made for the needs of the Ministry of Defense nine new types of complex radar surveillance, protection and suppression. What is the advantage of Russian developments to Western counterparts, and we still can "scare the world," said Deputy Assistant Director General of concern, Colonel Valery Mikheyev aviation.

- Valery G., in April last year, the incident occurred when the Black Sea came heavily armed US destroyer "Donald Kuck." But after he just circled had no weapons on board the Russian SU-24 team was demoralized and part of her to resign. Soon there found traces KRET ...

- Yes, it is proved that our multifunctional complex electronic warfare "Khibiny" now has no equal in the world. They were put into service only in 2012, and this year we have already put the Defense Ministry several modifications of such complexes. Demoralization just clear. Imagine that you are on the ship at the moment denied all tracking devices and, therefore, the destroyer turned neboesposoben: in this case, the command and the crew simply did not know who to shoot and where to shoot. Russian Su-24 at the same time was carrying only one container "Khibiny". And imagine if it equip other means of suppression tracking and targeting? Which, incidentally, is now being done in our Armed Forces.

- What are the key delivery made in the past year?

- A set of personal protective equipment "Vitebsk", for the Ka-52 and Su-25. They are necessary to protect the aircraft from antiaircraft missiles. Due to these types of electronic warfare aircraft "sees" - even without a pilot can see - within a radius of 500 kilometers, who in his aims, reacts to this protection, and after a shot "takes away" from the target missile, it simply misses the mark. You can shoot a "needle", "Castle" - it will hit the target. This allows for a 30-40 fold increase aircraft survivability.

- How does the helicopter complex "Lever-AB", also delivered in the past year?

- Its function - support of its aircraft fleet and by suppressing the radar air defense missile systems and air defense missile systems defeat the enemy. That is anti-aircraft gunners are beginning to see more than one goal, and a few to hundreds - and do not know where to shoot. Similarly, the ground-based Multi-function "Rubella" Now we put them in the modification "Krasuha-4." In general, all of our electronic warfare act so that the enemy is simply blind and misses. But our pilots and anti-aircraft gunners on the other hand, the trajectory missiles fired shells and determine location of the target and cause the ball home. The objectives of the enemy, of course, can also be "hidden" behind radiozavesoy, but our her "open", which allows hitting the.

- But the technology potential enemy is not standing still. Tell us about future developments that will add to the Russian Armed Forces.

- Plans KRET mass production of strapdown inertial navigation systems - SINS that are capable of off-line, even in the absence of external signals to determine the position and motion parameters, such as stealth aircraft. Such a system can be installed not only in air but also to marine and terrestrial equipment. All the secrets, of course, will not give, but unique in the world are unlikely to have other aviation electronic warfare systems that can provide protection to several air assets. Suppose flying squadron and one of the planes protects it from the enemy, also blocking its signals, deflecting missiles on targets and suggests them.