Russian Helicopters, IT Companies Agree to Boost Import Substitution

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Manufacturer Russian Helicopters said Tuesday it had signed a cooperation agreement with two domestic IT companies to develop import-substituting information technologies and IT products.

"The Russian Helicopters holding, a part of Rostec State Corporation, has signed the cooperation agreement with RT-Inform and National Center of Informatization companies. The document states that the sides intend to strengthen cooperation in creating competitive and mutually beneficial conditions of work and promoting information technology and IT products of Rostec State Corporation," the Russian Helicopters said in a statement.

The signing took place at the ongoing Information Technology of Industrial Russia (CIPR) IT conference, taking place on June 7-10 at Innopolis high-tech city in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan. The event is attended by representatives from the defense sector, IT professionals and venture investors.

Technologies planned to be developed by Russian Helicopters, RT-Inform and the National Center of Informatization will be used to create production management systems designed to control full product life cycles, enterprises and infrastructure, according to Russian Helicopters.

Projects dealing with open source software systems, production order planning and monitoring, after-sales servicing will be implemented, Russian Helicopters' IT Director Mikhail Nosov was quoted as saying in the statement.

Russian Helicopters is a global leader in the field of helicopter manufacturing and the only developer and manufacturer of helicopters in Russia.