The main limiting factor for achieving full technological sovereignty in radio electronics is not the lack of technology, but the size of the sales market. Vladimir Kuznetsov, co-founder of Beshtau Group, stated this in an interview with Stavropol Media.
According to him, if production is launched for only one factory, the equipment can reach its annual volume in a month, and then stand idle, which becomes economically unprofitable.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop not only one's own production, but also cooperation: to find out which components make sense to be covered by the company, and which by partners, so as not to create unnecessary duplicate capacities.
He also noted that it is necessary to simultaneously develop engineering personnel, improve qualifications, and form one's own school for training specialists capable of working with new technologies and architectures.
There is no full sovereignty yet, where we can do everything ourselves. The key limiting factor is the size of the sales market and the backlog, which we are gradually compensating for, step by step.
Earlier, a veteran of the Soviet and Russian electronics industry, chief designer of BIUS development Yuri Maslennikov, stated that the development of microelectronics in Russia may stall if a mass civilian demand for domestic products is not created. According to him, microelectronics development programs until 2030–2035 are not based on real civilian consumers. Without subsidizing such manufacturers and without keeping prices at the import level, Maslennikov warned, domestic microelectronics "may be born, but will wither at the root."
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