Denis Manturov visits Experimental Design Bureau named after Simonov in Kazan
18 June 2014, Wednesday
On June 18, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Experimental Design Bureau named after Simonov in Kazan.
The enterprise deals with development and maintenance of remotely piloted aircraft systems, development of air targets, creation of target layout for testing airborne avionics of aircrafts Su-30MK, MiG-29, and С-300, С-400 systems, maintenance and repair of engineered equipment.
The enterprise has got its own production facilities meant for design, production, and testing of models of aviation equipment.
In April 2014 it was renamed for the Scientific Production Association “Experimental Design Bureau named after M.P.Simonov”.
Denis Manturov and Rustam Minnikhanov also looked around the newly constructed production facilities “KAI-Composit” established by OAO Scientific Production Association “Experimental Design Bureau named after M.P.Simonov” and Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev.
Later on, the guests went to the assembly department to see presentation of a long-duration unpiloted aircraft that is being created as a demonstrator.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.