Representatives of aerospace field of Ukraine discussed with Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute management and Defense enterprises association of Ukraine issues of cooperation development and particular cooperation lines on 24 March.
On behalf of State aerospace agency of Ukraine acting head Yurii Radchenko, head of National control and aerospace systems testing center Volodymyr Prysiazhniuk, head of Information and analytical center Sergii Yanchevskyi, chief designer and head of design and construction bureau of aerospace vehicles, measurement systems and telecommunications Volodymyr Maslei and other took part in the meeting. Rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute, academician of Ukrainian NAS Mykhailo Zgurovskyi, university pro-rector for research work, academician of Ukrainian NAS Mykhailo Ilchenko, founder of academician Mykhailevych Fund, Mykola Petrenko, director for international relations of PU “Defense enterprises association of Ukraine”, Yuliia Vysotska, deputy pro-rector for research work Vitalii Kotovskyi spoke with them.
The meeting started with presentation of aerospace program of National technical university of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute”. Pro-rector Mykhailo Ilchenko spoke about tasks and program lines as well as certain peculiarities implied by scientific specialization. Among others he also pointed out details of creation of a range of university nano-satellites “PolyTAN-1”- one of them has already been for 32 months on low-earth orbit, second one “PolyTAN-2” – in terms of international program “QB50” has to be launched into space from launching area on Cape Canaveral in USA.
Among other issues that were raised by participants, problems of field financing and particular aerospace projects that are realized by national industrial enterprises and research team took leading place. Owing to constant decrease in budgetary allocations, cooperation with foreign partners interested in development of aerospace technologies is starting to play increasingly important role. Such cooperation can be beneficial for its participants. As Yurii Radchenko stated, thanks to development of satellite communication systems, navigation systems, remote Earth sensing etc, aerospace field became extremely powerful business in the world. Its total annual turnover makes up 27 billion USA dollars; however this amount is increasing by nearly 10 % every year.
In the course of thoughts exchange, there was a series of lines cooperation between field enterprises and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute distinguished that might be the most productive. Among them is the control aerospace program, geophysical monitoring, application of global navigation systems and some other. As Mykhailo Zgurovskyi offered, it was agreed to arrange meetings on particular lines involving field experts, define cooperation mechanisms, prepare necessary documents and start particular work.