Krylov State Research Center (KSRC) has been defined as head scientific organization in naval machine and instrument engineering which will serve as a base for the Council of chief naval machine and instrument engineers. Krylov Center in cooperation with the Council is supposed to ensure introduction of a unified scientific and technical policy in the industry as well as standardization and unification of naval machine and instrument products. The decision was made at the meeting held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade and chaired by Aleksandr Potapov, Deputy Miniser of Industry and Trade.
According to KSRC press center, representatives of the following organizations participated in the meeting held on October 14, 2015: Shipbuilding and Marine Facilities Department, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Severnoye, Almaz, Malakhit, Rubin, Iceberg and Zelenodolsk design bureaus; Granit-Electron, Oceanpribor, Morinformsystem-Agat, CSRI Elektropribor and Avrora concerns, Central Research Institute of Marine Engineering, LGM.
Key report on establishing of the Council of chief naval machine and instrument engineers was made by Vladimir Nikitin, Director General of Krylov State Research Center. In his report he outlined the purpose and major tasks of the joint work of the Center and the Council and presented the draft Statutes developed by Krylov Center: ‘On head scientific organization in naval machine and instrument engineering’ and ‘On the Council of chief naval machine and instrument engineers’.
The Krylov State Research Centre is one of the world’s major ship research & design centres established in 1894. Over its century-long efforts in the field of innovative R&Ds for the benefit of national shipbuilding, in the best interests of the country’s defence and economic development, the Krylov Centre has accumulated the wealth of unique expertise in development of naval ships, commercial vessels and offshore structures. The Krylov Centre responsibilities cover the full scope of ship qualities including seaworthiness, strength, powering, acoustics, electromagnetic signatures, nuclear & radiation safety, definition of ship concepts meeting the combination of the above requirements.