In Yakutsk, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev visited the “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Laboratory” and inspected the products of the "Patrioticheskaya" ASEZ projects. The event was attended by the head of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Aisen Nikolaev
The laboratory was created in December last year in accordance with the Decree of the President of Russia "On approval of priority areas of scientific and technological development and the list of the most important science-intensive technologies" on the basis of the Yakutia technology park. The laboratory is equipped with modern equipment, where experimental design work, scientific research and testing of prototype drones are carried out.
It is planned that the laboratory will become the basis for the creation of the NPC "Polar". In 2024, Yakutia successfully passed the competitive selection of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia for the creation of a network of scientific and production centers for testing and competence in the field of development of unmanned aircraft systems technology.