The draft federal budget for 2026 and for the planning period of 2027 and 2028 provides for 590 amendments, some of which are aimed at supporting significant national projects for production automation, digital transformation of the state, development of space activities and unmanned aviation. This was announced by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at a government meeting.
44.6 billion rubles have been allocated to the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State", which will be used to create communication and broadcasting satellites for the state orbital group of civil use in geostationary orbit. Part of the funds will go to the production of six Express satellites of Roscosmos. In total, it is planned to replace eight geostationary satellites out of twelve by 2031, the active life of which expires in 2029-2036.
The national project "Development of Space Activities of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and for the future up to 2036" will receive an additional 5 billion rubles, provided for the purchase of remote sensing data of the Earth. This will allow state customers to solve their tasks with data quality with a resolution of less than 1 meter.
More than 3 billion rubles have been allocated to the national project "Means of Production and Automation".
We will support Russian manufacturers of means of production and automation by providing buyers with discounts on the sale of products. This will additionally allow the sale of more than 50 units of Russian machine tools, including those with numerical control, and more than 140 thousand units of tools.
2.6 billion rubles will be allocated to ensure the technological independence and global competitiveness of Russian unmanned aircraft systems in priority areas of technology within the framework of the "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" project.
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