Mikhail Mishustin holds a meeting to discuss technological sovereignty in photonics
Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting to discuss Russian Federation’s technological sovereignty in photonics. With First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vasily Shpak
Rosatom State Corporation CEO Alexei Likhachev
Mikhail Mishustin toured the exhibition, Photonics Development by Rosatom State Corporation. With First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko, deputy prime ministers Dmitry Grigorenko and Dmitry Chernyshenko, Director of the Russian Nuclear Centre RFNC-VNIIEF Valentin Kostyukov, and Rosatom State Corporation CEO Alexei Likhachev. First Deputy Director of RFNC-VNIIEF Dmitry Avtaykin provides clarifications
Mikhail Mishustin and Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev
Mikhail Mishustin toured the exhibition, Photonics Development by Rosatom State Corporation
Mikhail Mishustin toured the exhibition, Photonics Development by Rosatom State Corporation
Mikhail Mishustin toured the exhibition, Photonics Development by Rosatom State Corporation
Mikhail Mishustin toured the exhibition, Photonics Development by Rosatom State Corporation
Mikhail Mishustin holds a meeting to discuss technological sovereignty in photonics
Excerpts from the transcript:
Mikhail Mishustin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
The revised national development goals approved by the President for the next several years lay out quite specific objectives, including the achievement of technological sovereignty and the formation of new markets in a number of critical areas, including unmanned aerial systems, medicine, artificial intelligence, space technology, means of production and means of automation, to name a few.
Once implemented, they will provide extra opportunities for our country to develop breakthrough solutions that are necessary to grow the economy and to open advanced companies based on these scientific solutions that will enjoy high demand.
Considering the current tasks and challenges, we have adjusted the strategy for the country’s scientific and technological development. We now must draft national technological sovereignty projects that follow its logic.
Their implementation will make it possible to create deeply localised high-tech products, raw materials, and parts and components in all key areas, and speed up the scientific research, technologies and equipment based on the above.
Without a doubt, that calls for the dynamic expansion of the component base. Photonics and laser technology possess significant potential in this sphere. Everyone is aware of the fact that the market for this technology is one of the most promising markets around the world. Last year, it amounted to about $20 billion (about 2 trillion roubles), with an annual growth rate of over 10 percent.
This is primarily due to a wide range of laser technology applications. They are already being widely used in machine tools, electronic engineering, and medical instrumentation, and increasingly more often in telecommunications and agriculture. Sensors, displays and projections are made on their basis.
Advanced photonics is also used in unmanned transport, space exploration, additive technology and hardware, as well as AI research.
Coincidentally, we have just discussed this in detail during the exhibition that is being held here.
Last year, during a working trip to Sarov, we launched a laser fusion research facility. There are three such facilities around the world, and this one is unparalleled in terms of power. Of course, it represents a concentration of the most advanced technologies and the result of the efforts of a large team of specialists.
It is already used to conduct unique research in plasma physics, which will help us significantly expand the line of our own high-tech products.
We have created a serious foundation for further expansion of such technologies. We have a strong scientific school founded by the Soviet scientists who created the first lasers. Our country then made a real breakthrough in quantum electronics.
It is important to further strengthen the domestic research infrastructure. The President emphasised that this is our strong competitive edge.
In recent years, the Government has supported a number of studies in the field of photonic and laser technologies, including the production of a line of solid-state lasers and fiber-optic systems for telecommunications.
Last year, a project was launched to develop the technology for designing and manufacturing the photonic integrated circuits.
The demand for the photonics programmes is up. So, it is imperative to primarily determine a set of actions designed to increase this promising sector. Importantly, the efforts of the manufacturers, designers and research community must be united. Most importantly, and our colleagues mentioned it during the tour of the exhibition, we must localise the entire technological production chain from special materials to the assembly of finished devices. This is the only way for us to be competitive on the domestic market and to be able to export our technologies. Our goal is to become one of the world’s top ten leaders in photonics production.
Today, we will outline the applied spheres of its application and articulate solutions to create favourable environment for expanding it.
