The Ministry of Industry and Trade has recovered 87.3 million rubles from the Yekaterinburg-based company Morion, the entire amount of the state contract to the last penny. The reason was the disruption of R&D for the serial production of miniature temperature-compensated quartz generators for GLONASS and airborne radio electronics. This was reported by CNews.
The contract was signed in October 2017, with the final scheduled for November 2019. Morion reported only in May 2024, a delay of 1647 days. The generators are needed for synchronization and frequency calibration in GLONASS/GPS equipment, communication systems, and airborne electronics. The price tag for the product is no more than 7,000 rubles with a production of 5,000 units per year.
There are no domestic analogues of the component. Foreign competitors include the American Mercury, the Japanese Kyocera, and the British Rakon. This means that until production is launched, dependence on imports remains. Morion is not the only debtor: the Ministry of Industry and Trade has already fined OKB Planeta, SKTBES (274 million rubles), and NIAI Istochnik (181 million rubles). The industry openly warns of the risk of bankruptcies among defense contractors.
