At the meetings that took place on June 22, the results of studies of responsible officers and managers of defense industry enterprises under the program of advanced training “Management in the field of defense-industrial complex” at the Institute of Postgraduate Education of the Igor Sikorsky KPI were reviewed.
In addition, just at the meeting heads of Igor Sikorsky KPI, Science Park “Kyivska Polytechnica”, State Enterprise “Ukroboronprom”, Subsidiary of the State Company “Ukrspetsexport” of the State Foreign Trade and Investment Enterprise “Promoboronexport” and the League of Defense Enterprise Public Union signed a general partnership agreement within the framework of the activity of the Educational and Scientific -innovational center for the defense-industrial complex.
One hundred and sixteen representatives of the defense industry and defense departments of the country got new knowledge and skills under the program “Office in the field of defense-industrial complex”. All of them are participants of the first set for the training program in the Igor Sikorsky KPI, who are managers for a strategically important branch for our country. The training is organized on the basis of an agreement between the university and the SE “Ukroboronprom”.
“The program is designed for two cycles. The first cycle is the general improvement of qualification: you have already passed this, now you will go to the second, master's training, - said opening the meeting the rector of the Igor Sikorsky KPI, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the State Concern “Ukroboronprom”, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Michael Zgurovskyi. - At the next stage of training, we would like to add to its scientific and innovative components, that is, to combine the defense system's demands with the capabilities of Ukrainian scholars”.
Graduates were congratulated by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Igor Pavlovskyi (he himself, actually, studied under this program), deputy general director of the State Concern “Ukroboronprom” Sergiy Omelchenko, chairman of the Board of the League of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC “Production Association “Practice” Oleg Vysotskyi and others.
The speakers spoke not only about the importance of introducing a program for the training of highly skilled managers for domestic defense, but also that within the framework the Igor Sikorsky KPI is building a certain multi-vector platform for providing innovative development of the defense industry of Ukraine. To regulate its activities, an agreement on cooperation between representatives of the leading technical higher education in Ukraine and producers was drawn, which was signed at the meeting in the Hall of Meetings of the Academic Council of the KPI.
“Today, we are signing a general partnership agreement that will ensure the implementation of innovative projects, bringing them from idea to real samples, conducting their tests and introducing into mass production. This will allow us not only to create the latest military equipment and weapons, but also to maximize the use of the enormous intellectual potential that our scientists have”, - said Sergiy Omelchenko.
The parties agreed to work in three directions: educational, scientific and innovative.
In the photo: Michael Zgurovskyi congratulates the meeting participants