The government's decision to cut funding for the development of the aviation industry by 30% is effectively destroying aviation science. The consequences of this decision were discussed by Yuri Zakharchenko, Executive Director of the RKK-Nauka professional association.
It is worth recalling that the state program "Development of the Aviation Industry" has been affected. According to documents that have appeared online, the draft budget for 2026–2027 threatens the industry with a funding reduction of almost 40%.
Experts call this a blow to the most vital areas — research, development, and training. According to them, without science and new technologies, Russian aviation will no longer have a future.
"Superjet" as a symbol of management failure
Zakharchenko believes that the root of the systemic crisis lies not in the engineers, but in the management of the industry. According to him, the "state — government — ministry" chain has proven incapable of building an effective development model.
The story with the "Superjet" was devastating for the entire aviation industry. First of all, due to the extremely high dependence on foreign component manufacturers. However, the most important reason why it should not have been built was the lack of production unification with other aircraft.
The specialist recalled that between the "Superjet" and the new import-substituted MS-21-310, there are only 2% of common parts, while the old Tupolev PJSC line had this figure up to 40%.
Science is being finished off — a personnel desert and a halt to technologies
The main blow, Zakharchenko believes, fell on aviation science. Reducing funding means not just cutting budget items, but the actual liquidation of engineering schools.
We are talking about a 30% reduction in staff. This essentially means the destruction of any prospects for our aviation industry. If there is no science, there will be no high technology, there will be no competitiveness.
In recent decades, the Executive Director of the RKK-Nauka professional association added, innovative and science-intensive technologies have been introduced "very limitedly, if not to say — not introduced at all." Now, however, the degradation is accelerating.
72.5 billion — instead of the future
According to the draft budget, the volume of funding for the state program "Development of the Aviation Industry" in 2026–2027 will amount to 72.5 billion rubles — almost 40% less than the current parameters. At the same time, let us recall that back in the summer, the plans were Marshall-like, Rostec promised to build about 500 aircraft. But based on the latest statement by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, they will now be adjusted.
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