Rogozin figured out how to calculate the prices of military equipment
Speaking at the Federation Council last week, the Deputy Prime Minister explained the difficulties here. He said that it is impossible to compare the new model with Western models, because “in the West it will be several times more expensive. And it’s also impossible to compare with a model already produced in Russia, because we haven’t produced anything for twenty years. ”
It must be said that military experts regard the Rogozin initiative with suspicion. As the editor-in-chief of Arsenal magazine Viktor Murakhovsky noted, the Ministry of Defense does not include many significant expenses in the cost price of military goods, for example, on business trips of workers of military factories during testing.
Murakhovsky gave an example: when the Voronezh plant Sozvezdie conducted tests of the ESU TZ, in Alabino “a hundred people sat for almost a month. Can you imagine what this money is? ”
According to him, when calculating the cost of a prototype, the military takes as a basis the average wages of workers in the region where the military factory is located. Very often at defense enterprises, in order to attract qualified personnel, it is necessary to raise the level of remuneration, which the military interprets as ineffective management.
A significant role here is played by the mobilization reserve of defense enterprises: in some industries it exceeds ninety percent of the production capacity of the plant.
Murakhovsky noted that, on average, enterprises have to keep 25-30 percent of capacity. He pointed out that in shipbuilding this volume is much smaller, since there is too much production there. And in tank building the opposite: a mobilization reserve is bigger. But the largest share is in small arms.
According to the head of the Center for Military Forecasting Anatoly Tsyganok, it is necessary to develop a system for estimating the cost of prototypes of equipment.
He noted that, in addition to the prices of materials, it should be envisaged that factories need to produce equipment and train employees. From here and the price reduction factor for serial samples should have been different.
The price formula for military products, he said, should take into account the specifics of production, and all components.
He noted that the Defense Ministry is not interested in how defense enterprises train personnel, where they acquire equipment. The ministry only needs military equipment. “And,” said Gypsy, “some specifics are not taken into account there. For example, the Ministry of Defense does not care that the transportation of helicopter engines occurs separately from helicopters. They need a ready helicopter. As a result, confusion arises. ”
The expert also stressed the need to plan military spending for at least three decades ahead. Long-term planning will allow enterprises to properly distribute funds for the re-equipment of their industries.
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