Agreement on cooperation between Tatarstan Government and Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute named after Zhukovsky is signed in Kazan

The Agreement on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and FGUP Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute named after Zhukovsky (TsAGI) was signed at the Kazan Kremlin on November 29.

Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and TsAGI Director General Boris Alyoshin put their signatures under the document.

The agreement establishes long-term mutually beneficial partner relationship, development of scientific-technical and production potential of industrial and research enterprises based in the Republic of Tatarstan as well as employing their resources for creation of science-intensive output with the competitive capacity to meet the demand at internal and external markets of high-tech civil produce.

The signing ceremony took place during the meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and the TsAGI Director General.

Greeting the guests, Rustam Minnikhanov said Tatarstan had always been an aviation-oriented republic with numerous production facilities working for the aviation and helicopter construction industry. One of the central issues today in the republic is composite materials production and their use in the aviation industry.

The parties also discussed the further development of domestic fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter construction and the state order for KAPO named after Gorbunov.