Dagdizel develops a new torpedo and helicopter for mountainous terrain
JSC “Plant“ Dagdizel ”", which recently was on the verge of bankruptcy, gained a second wind after joining JSC "Tactical Rocket Armament" Corporation. "
The start of state tests of the new torpedo is scheduled for the end of the year.
The difficult financial situation at the plant after the company failed to fulfill the contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the supply of torpedoes. This happened because one of the component suppliers stopped the production of engines that equipped the torpedoes produced in Kaspiysk. A few years later, in 2014, another contract was disrupted - this time because of problems with Ukraine, from which a number of components were also supplied.
Today, the company is also working on the creation of a helicopter “intended for use in mountainous areas at low altitudes,” the general director said, but he refused to tell about the details of the development.
According to Ilyasov, “the total investment in the technical re-equipment of the plant will be about 2,6 billion rubles, part of the funds raised under the Federal Target Program“ Development of the Defense-Industrial Complex ””. It is planned to complete the modernization of the production capacity of the plant until the second quarter of 2018.
- Vladimir Smirnov / TASC
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