The signing ceremony will be attended by vice-presidents of USC Dmitry Mironenko and Sergey Forafonov, head of production and technology of USC Valery Venkov, and representatives of shipping companies. President of USC Roman Trotsenko and President of the Transas Group Nikolai Lebedev are expected to sign the agreement.
The subject of cooperation under the agreement will be cooperation in the maintenance and development of scientific and industrial potential in the development and production of military and civil purposes. In addition, the parties plan to ensure the promotion on domestic and foreign markets high-tech industrial products. In the future they plan to develop a joint intellectual activity.
To achieve these objectives, the companies will assist each other in the organization of production on the Russian territory of modern navigation equipment, implement innovative solutions to create a new image of the domestic fleet and introduce new technologies in the construction and maintenance of ships, vessels and marine equipment.
United Shipbuilding Corporation, founded in 2007, incorporates three regional shipbuilding centers: JSC Western Shipbuilding Center (St. Petersburg), JSC Northern Center of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (Severodvinsk), JSC Far Eastern Center of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (Vladivostok), as well as leading marine design offices.
Russian group of companies Transas, founded in 1990, is a world-leading developer and supplier of a wide range of software, integrated solutions and hardware technologies for the aviation and marine transportation industry, including both onboard and shore-based applications. Currently, Transas’ staff exceeds 1500 employees worldwide. The company’s products are being distributed and supported by a vast network of representative offices in some 110 countries.