Alexander KAMURZAEV,

The head of supervisory board of JSC “Chernigov factory radio devices” (Cesare) *

* Company is a member of the “League of defense enterprises of Ukraine”

The main issue in cooperation with the state – equal state and private manufacturers of defense products access to the opportunities that the country has, and the organization of relationships with potential customers in the power structures. For example, public sector enterprises, which closed on “Ukroboronprom” have far more opportunities as opposed to private, to obtain information from government agencies located abroad.

You also need an understanding of the power that a private company can not invest in training organization of production, work of designers, engineers, having no idea whether the demand for specific products for military use.

Another important issue is the renewal and ISO specifications, which runs customer. They are 60-70 years old. This is a time when there was such materials and technology, which is today. This leads to the fact that the formal basis the customer may not make any modern product. After all, it really does not meet the old requirements have long to change. This is an important question that should pay attention when working with the Ministry of Defense.

Mikhail Prokhorenko,

Deputy Director General of PJSC “HC” Ukrspetstechnika “*

* Company is a member of the “League of defense enterprises of Ukraine”

As you know, any operating companies interested in entering their products on the international market. This requires that all companies of one state, acting on foreign markets, regardless of ownership, were even in the same conditions. There should proceed so that private companies replaced state that often occurs in modern Ukrainian realities.

In addition, the pricing on products for military use when trading in foreign markets must have some logical limits. There can be so formed special exporters price overstating it so that our production is not competitive. Must allow private companies to form the same price and produce the required payments to the state treasury for foreign trade. And it turns out that we are negotiating but can not determine the price to a potential customer, because for us it makes special exporters.

One more thing – exhibition activities. It happens so that areas that we offer sometimes in DC “Ukroboronprom” to participate in the exhibition, at a price much higher than they are in direct organizers. But this is not normal. We also are representative of state enterprises represent the country abroad. Here we are equal …

Artem V’YUNNYK,

Director of “Research and Production Enterprise” Athlone Air “*

* Company is a member of the “League of defense enterprises of Ukraine”

In general, our relations with government agencies can be called constructive. However when it comes to domestic law enforcement agencies with which we work in practice in each of them has its own characteristics of building relationships.

In the case of the Ministry of Defense, then, in my opinion, the whole system that survived the Soviet era, quite fulfilled and, in principle, aimed at obtaining high-quality results. At the same time, some points require some adjustment in view of current realities. For example, the mechanism of development of new models of weapons and military equipment showed its incapacity to practice. It should move in the direction of change, minimizing, for example, the contribution of the state in the early stages of development, but providing guaranteed purchase if achieving the tactical and technical characteristics.

Furthermore, it should understand and realize that private companies are very different in nature from the public, and this must be considered when forming the relationship between the state and the private sector. For example, pricing methods applicable to public enterprises arms manufacturers, in my opinion, not acceptable for private companies. It’s one thing when the state buys their same business, and quite another when purchased by private development companies set up their own money in the proactive manner in which the state has invested nothing.

Sergey ZHURETS,

Director of consulting company informaiyno Defense Express *

* Company is a member of the “League of defense enterprises of Ukraine”

Our company has made significant efforts to establishing the “League of Defense of Ukraine». Now, in the first stage, “League” unites incorporates leading Ukrainian enterprises and organizations of private ownership, which primarily profess the same values. However, the number of participants increases, given the fact that there are challenges that are the same for all: for heavy, medium and small companies that are trying to build a business in the defense sector. It is actually difficult. So now just talking about the formation of new standards, public-private partnership in the defense industrial sector; improving internal cooperation, and actually help each other. Platform “League” has become a reliable basis for this.

There is a clear understanding of perspectives. Our private companies must make significant proportion of the domestic defense industry because of their degree of mobility, flexibility, creativity, much higher than most government enterprises. In Ukraine model of interaction between law enforcement and government agencies and private companies involved in the development and production of arms and military equipment just created. There are a number of systemic difficulties and obstacles, the elimination of which requires qualified and discussion and preparation of necessary decisions and recommendations. Given this potential informaiyno-consulting firm Defense Express, all our projects – Information, public, consulting, publishing – largely be determined to deal with these pressing problems.

Vitaly NEMYLOSTYVIY,

Honorary Chairman of the Corporation “UkrInnmash” *

* Corporation is a member of the “League of defense enterprises of Ukraine”

The current legal framework of Ukraine in the field of defense industry and military-technical cooperation today is seriously behind the present realities in the country. There was a difficult situation in the implementation of the constitutional rights of economic entities regardless of ownership to be on equal footing in its activities. Instead, there is a monopoly that prevents normal development of the industry.

In particular, there are a few key points. First, the regulatory level the state has no right to support private companies in terms of pre-production sample of a weapon or equipment. At the same time such an opportunity for public enterprises. Secondly, in order to enter the global market, private companies need to go to a direct competitor DC “Ukroboronprom” with him negotiate the right to negotiate, the right to exhibit a particular price, and ultimately agree to sign a contract. This is against the background that the country has a national system of control over non-proliferation of weapons. Have the relevant authorities. This should be a function of the state, not “Ukroboronprom” or special exporters.

At the time, I initiated the repeal of the law on the establishment of DC “Ukroboronprom.” Not that I do not enjoy the heads, so that today a system that does not allow the state to perform its functions, and its business entities. Any manager from the company SC “Ukroboronprom” or directly of the “Ukroboronprom” focused only on profit, rather than on increasing the country’s defense, the implementation of modern technology and industrial development of Ukraine in general.

So the current system of military-industrial complex, hampering development, it does not allow the first armed forces as soon as possible to get the highest quality standards of armament or military equipment at the lowest price. It also hinders the development of military-technical cooperation with foreign countries, it must be changed. And what my faster.