The preceding meetings on the State Armament Programme took place on June 11 and 12, 2025.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.
Today, we will continue to discuss two draft documents: the State Armament Programme for 2027–2036 and the state programme of the defence industry development.
Defence manufacturers have been steady in their operations and supplying the army with the weapons and hardware it needs, both units engaged in the special military operation and the Armed Forces in general.
I would like to thank the staff of the defence sector for their selfless, dedicated and outstanding work.
By working together on our decisions and offering timely state support, we have been able to achieve a rapid expansion in terms of the capabilities of defence manufacturers and increase the production of the weapons we need along the entire supply collaboration chain.
As a result, as I have said many times, the production of the most needed products for the special military operation increased several-fold in 2025 compared to 2022.
As a reference point, I can offer some curious details. The production of armoured vehicles and tanks increased by a factor of 2.2, with a 3.7-fold increase for light armoured vehicles such as IFVs and armoured personnel. There was also an increase in aviation hardware by a factor of 4.6, a 5.7-fold surge in car manufacturing, a 9.6-fold increase in artillery weapons. The manufacturing of communications and radio electronic warfare systems increased by a factor of 12.5, with an 18-fold increase in body armour manufacturing (17.9-fold, in fact), as well as a 22-sold increase in the manufacturing of ordnances and munitions. All this resulted from the efforts by defence manufacturers and the economy in general. Of course, this would have been impossible without our efforts to promote development and ensure financial and economic stability in general. This results from our combined efforts.
The very nature, forms and methods of combat keep evolving in the course of the special military operation with our troops acquiring invaluable experience. We will make full use of this know-how for shaping the future of the Armed Forces and the defence industry.
We will continue working on this agenda as part of the new State Armament Programme. For that, we developed a whole range of measures to steadily expand high-technology manufacturing capabilities and introduce as much automation as possible for higher labour efficiency while reducing production costs, which is something I wanted you to focus on. We have a lot of work in this regard, this much is certain.
We must also continue improving our testing and training facilities, introduce AI solutions and develop advanced materials. All this will not only enable us to consolidate and secure the existing advantages of our weapons and hardware, but can also serve as a driver of innovative development for the entire sector. We have already achieved a great deal along these lines. Of course, there is a lot of work ahead too, as usual.
We have already had detailed discussions on these matters during the previous meetings. Today, we will complete the coordination of the main benchmarks of these new state programmes and their funding parameters.
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