Visit to Special Technology Centre

The head of state toured an exhibition of robotic systems supplied by the Ministry of Defence and the Popular
Front. In particular, the president was shown tracked platforms, kamikaze
drones, reconnaissance systems with an unmanned aerial vehicle, and an exhibit of a loitering munition.
The president was accompanied by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov Manturov DenisFirst Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Chief of the Presidential Executive
Office Maxim Oreshkin Oreshkin MaximDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Deputy Chief of the Presidential Executive Office –
Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov Peskov DmitryDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Presidential Press Secretary , Presidential Aide Alexei Dyumin Dyumin AlexeiAide to the President ,
Defence Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation , Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko,
STC Director General Roman Agafonnikov, and Head of the Popular Front Mikhail
Kuznetsov Kuznetsov MikhailHead of the Russian Popular Front Executive Committee .
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The centre, which was founded in 2001, has its own full-cycle production base starting from experimental design
work to serial production, commissioning, maintenance. and repair of products.
The STC’s signature series is the unique multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles of the Orlan family, the most
popular in the world in their class.
It has also been developing small
spacecraft such as CubeSat and propulsion systems since 2021. Over the first
eighteen months, five devices were launched into space, and more than ten
satellites are planned to be launched in 2024–2025.
Law enforcement and security
agencies are the centre’s key customers. The company’s innovations have proven
their effectiveness in real combat conditions, including in the special
military operation zone.
The centre employs over 5,000 people; the scientific novelty of the company’s developments is confirmed by more than 100
patents for 163 inventions. The head office is located in St Petersburg, and structural divisions are
located in 16 Russian regions.