President Vladimir Putin last week visited the Special Technology Centre (STC) in St Petersburg, a supplier of unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare systems, and communication systems.
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, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Executive Office – Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Presidential Aide Alexei Dyumin, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko, STC Director General Roman Agafonnikov, and Head of the Popular Front Mikhail Kuznetsov.
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.
Sources: President of Russia;