Rostec State Corporation and the Moscow Aviation Institute have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of research, development and training. The strategic partnership is aimed at developing the aerospace industry to ensure national security and sustainable socio-economic development of the country.
The signing was attended by Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, and Mikhail Poghosyan, Rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute. In the field of research and development, the parties intend to form full-cycle technological chains based on MAI, including testing, pilot and mass production of products for Rostec enterprises. Within the framework of the agreement, it is planned to carry out joint work aimed at creating a digital environment for the design, production, certification and operation of aerospace complexes in order to reduce the time and cost of developing promising equipment. In addition, in cooperation with the university, Rostec enterprises will solve the issues of import substitution of aerospace equipment systems and assemblies.
Another area of joint work is the formation of a comprehensive personnel training system, including within the framework of the target program "Wings of Rostec". The plans include the development of educational programs for basic and specialized higher education within the framework of a pilot project, the development of student design bureaus, and international internships. International students will be trained to work in the technology industries in the interests of Rostec enterprises.
"The conclusion of a strategic partnership agreement with Rostec State Corporation will contribute to the development of new research programs and the search for advanced technological solutions that will ultimately ensure the independent development and competitiveness of the Russian economy. We already have fruitful experience of cooperation with the State Corporation in key aviation industry projects for our country, such as MS-21, SJ-100, SHFDMS and others, and we are developing comprehensive cooperation in terms of saturating the industry with change teams, including through the new generation engineering training project Wings of Rostec. The transition to a new stage of partnership will expand the scope of our cooperation in order to jointly ensure the scientific and technological leadership of the country," said Mikhail Poghosyan, Rector of MAI, member of the Soyuzmash Bureau of Russia.
"The sanctions restrictions and the new reality have shown that the priority for our state today is to preserve technological independence. Rostec State Corporation is also engaged in solving this problem. We are working not just on import substitution, but ahead of the curve, creating products that no one in the world has ever made before. Therefore, we are extremely interested in a strategic partnership with the country's leading aerospace university. MAI has always been a basic university for us to train engineering and technical specialists. I am confident that the strategic partnership will provide an opportunity to explore new areas of cooperation and successfully solve the tasks of ensuring technological leadership in the aerospace industry," said Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation.
The Moscow Aviation Institute is the flagship university of the Corporation in the implementation of the educational and professional track "Wings of Rostec". The project involves 15 specialized universities in 14 cities of Russia. Currently, almost 1,000 students study at the Wings of Rostec in more than 14 fields. The program is focused on training highly qualified specialists for the aircraft industry. During their studies, students master the profession of an engineer, learn a foreign language, IT tools and apply their knowledge in practice from the first year. Over four years, 415 students have been trained at MAI under the Wings of Rostec program.
Valery Falkov, Head of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, praised the Wings of Rostec program, noting its importance for improving the quality of engineering education.
"The Wings of Rostec program is ultimately aimed at the same thing as the pilot project to update the higher education system in Russia. Russia aims to improve the quality of engineering education, attract the most capable and trained students to engineering universities, as well as to form educational programs that would meet the most pressing modern and future challenges," he said.
On the basis of the Moscow Aviation Institute, with the participation of the Corporation, training will be implemented not only for engineers, but also for economists to work in production. Students will study the principles of pricing in the State Budget, the basics of designing products for a given cost, the principles of economic management of high-tech industrial enterprises.
Within the framework of the Priority 2030 program, MAI, together with the Corporation, is implementing the strategic project "Digital Personnel Platform". The project is aimed at creating a digital environment for interaction between universities, students and employers, transforming the interaction between education and industry from a customer-performer model to a comprehensive partnership. The program provides for work in the field of forecasting scientific and technological development in the interests of industry.
In addition, in cooperation with the university, Rostec enterprises will continue to work on the formation of comprehensive services for the creation of a new generation of aircraft using promising technologies and new materials. The work is carried out within the framework of the Advanced Engineering School "Industry 2050", the industrial partners of which are UEC and UAC of Rostec State Corporation.
MAI is also the developer and the main partner university of the Corporation in the pre-professional training and career guidance of schoolchildren "Engineering classes of aircraft engineering profile". Within the framework of the project, more than 200 engineering classes have been created in 95 schools, in which over 5,000 people study. Students of engineering aviation classes study the history and basics of aircraft engineering, aircraft modeling, design and piloting of unmanned aerial vehicles, and are actively involved in design and research activities. Graduates of engineering classes have an additional advantage when applying to the Corporation's target programs.
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