The Russian aviation industry has run up against certification. Systems for new aircraft have been developed, but confirming their compliance has proven more difficult, and this has begun to affect deadlines, according to Deputy Managing Director of Yakovlev, Oleg Nesterov.
According to him, many suppliers underestimated the amount of work required to pass certification, especially in terms of software and complex systems.
Verification of program code requires approximately 10 times more engineering resources than creation.
He noted that at the stage of import substitution, the main task was solved - the necessary systems were developed. However, now the key barrier is the need to prove their compliance with the requirements of regulatory documents and safety standards.
Some members of the cooperative underestimated the importance of these documents. They believed that if the system was developed and the software was functioning, then confirming the system's compliance with the requirements of the listed documents would not be difficult.
According to Nesterov, some suppliers lack specialists - engineers, programmers, and verifiers. As a result, companies are starting to fall behind schedule and are forced to outsource some of the work.
The complexity of the certification system in Russia was confirmed in an interview with "The First Technical" by Andrey Patrakov, a member of the board of the Association of Small Aviation Enterprises. He cited the example of the small aviation segment, where the regulation system has completely diverged from global practice.
Economist Dmitry Tortev also noted that the endlessly long cycle of "testing - revisions - new certification" has become the main impediment to the aviation industry.