On 2 February 2017, Krylov State Research Centre held a meeting to discuss testing of deepwater research submersibles with key representatives of the Russian Geographical Society (RGO) including Artur N. Chilingarov, Fyodor F. Konyukhov and Oskar F. Konyukhov, Igor v. Dorokhin, Igor A. Shmakov and other key RGO representatives. They met with senior scientists and managers of Krylov Centre.
Press center of the Krylov State Research Centre says the guests were shown around the experimental facilities of Krylov’s Strength Division and visited the ice basin and the circular rotating-arm basin. In conclusion participants of the meeting discussed cooperation opportunities and future interaction plans.
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.