FORMATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND PRODUCTION ECOSYSTEM OF THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS INDUSTRY

Abstract

The article examines the problem of organizational fragmentation of participants in the scientific and production ecosystem of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry, which hinders the development of the industry in the context of the course towards achieving technological leadership. The dynamics of the UAS market is traced, and the targets of the national project “Unmanned Aircraft Systems” and the Strategy for the development of unmanned aviation in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and for the future up to 2035 are compared with the current level of cooperation between science and industry. The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the gap between participants in the UAS industry and the search for institutional mechanisms to overcome them. In the course of the study, an analysis of systemic contradictions was carried out: the difference in motives and key performance indicators of universities and enterprises, the disparity of resources, and the blurring of responsibility for the implementation of research and development results. A comparison of traditional institutions and models of interaction between science and industry (technoparks, technology transfer centers, grant systems, basic departments, joint laboratories) is given and the limitations of each of them in relation to the high-tech branch of the UAS are substantiated. The article substantiates the idea that filling the identified institutional gap requires the creation of an industrial research institute BAS, as a system integrator combining the functions of the head contractor of the state order, distributor of subcontracts for research and development, coordinator and a single center for personal responsibility. Special attention is paid to the functional architecture of the proposed model and applied management tools: a system of KPIs linked to the level of technological readiness, a digital monitoring platform, an industry rating of universities and enterprises, a standard full-cycle contract and an interdepartmental coordination group.