The profitability from state defense orders for aircraft manufacturers in Russia is too small to be able to develop. This point of view was expressed by independent expert on the automotive industry and aviation, Alexey Zakharov.
According to him, the figure of 4% profitability that appeared on the Web is too small.
The profitability of state defense orders, from my point of view, is not sustainable. In order to develop, you need to have a profitability of at least 15%. This is not the case, because there is no money. Our real inflation is noticeably higher than official statistics. Therefore, fulfilling a state defense order does not guarantee the financial well-being of the plant that fulfills this order.
Viktor Gorbachev, General Director of the "Airport" Association, agreed that 4% profitability is "nothing at all." But this money is guaranteed, unlike commercial transactions with airlines.
State money is, of course, better than commercial money. In commerce, they may or may not pay. Or they will say: "You take out a loan, and we will pay you later." And loans are crazy now. If the key rate is 20%, then loans go up to 30-40%.
PJSC "Tupolev" previously stated that the company's profitability on state defense orders is 4%.
Earlier www1.ru reported that 400 million rubles were allocated for the modernization of the Tu-214.
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