The General Director of Rostec State Corporation visited the Gagarin UAC KnAAZ enterprise in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where the production of Su-57 fighters is currently underway. The company is working to increase the production of these aircraft under the contract between the UAC and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a new batch of fighters will be delivered to the troops in the near future, the press service of the State Corporation reports.
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KnAAZ plans to increase the production of fifth-generation fighters through the introduction of modern production methods, the construction of new facilities and the purchase of modern equipment. The company has created a production line in the final assembly shops. A project has been developed to introduce augmented reality elements, which will increase the accuracy of technological operations and reduce the duration of their execution.
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"This year, the Russian Aerospace Forces will receive new Su-57 fighters, they are in a high degree of readiness, and in the future the production rates of these fighters will be increased. We understand how important this work is, therefore, in order to increase the production of the Su-57, the plant is actively expanding and modernizing. At the moment, KnAAZ is loaded with orders until 2028," Sergey Chemezov said.
(c) Rostec State Corporation
(c) Rostec State Corporation
"To ensure a growing production program, we need to attract additional personnel. We create conditions for specialists and workers to come to our enterprises, and we raise wages. KnAAZ carried out a phased indexation of tariffs and salaries by a total of 24 percent. Today, the average salary at the enterprise for production workers is 84 thousand rubles. Our goal is to ensure that the average salary level at UAC enterprises is at least 10% higher than the average in the city of placement," said Yuri Slyusar, General Director of UAC. - Together with the regional authorities, we are implementing programs to improve the working and living conditions of our employees. In 2022, our largest plant, KnAAZ, transferred taxes in the amount of 2.5 billion rubles to the budgets of the Khabarovsk Territory and Komsomolsk-on-Amur."
The Su-57 is a fifth-generation multipurpose fighter. It was created using stealth technology, can carry weapons in the internal compartments of the fuselage. It has supersonic cruising speed and is able to maneuver with large overloads, equipped with advanced electronics. Composite materials are widely used in the airframe design. He made his first flight in 2010.
