The development of a rapid deployment airfield at the university has been underway for three years
MOSCOW, September 7. / TASS/. Bauman Moscow State Technical University expects to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for experimental design work (ROC) on the "Site" project, which involves the construction of ice airfields, by the end of the year. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Directorate of Arctic programs of the University Rodion Stepanov.
He recalled that the research work was carried out for the military department. The specialist also expressed the hope that the ROC will be carried out in the interests of the Ministry of Defense. "We are also promised this. I hope that this will be the case, " Stepanov said in response to the question whether it is really planned to conclude a contract for ROC on the "Platform" project this year.
According to the head of the directorate, the development of the rapid deployment airfield has been underway for three years. "The project includes a set of radar, optical-electronic means, a system for organizing an airfield based on modified ice, if necessary," he explained.
Rodionov noted that experimental samples of optoelectronic and radar equipment have now been created. They are able to detect even small drones. "To make them prototypes, it is necessary to conduct a full cycle of tests, including operational impacts. Strictly speaking, it would be necessary to put an OCD, make prototypes based on the results, then get a letter and implement it, put it on supply," the specialist added.
In August 2020, Yevgeny Storozhuk, Vice-Rector for Economics and Innovation at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, told TASS that the university had developed a technology for changing the structure of ice using special chemical reagents to use it in the construction of runways in the Arctic. According to him, in the future, heavy military transport aircraft Il-76 will be able to land at such airfields.