OREANDA-NEWS. The issues related to the sustainability of the United Engine Corporation's Civil Engines Division (CED) and building of a balanced product portfolio of civil and transport aviation engines were treated during a regular meeting of the CED board of directors.

The September meeting took place in Moscow under the chairmanship of Ilya Fedorov, NPO Saturn chief executive officer, head of the CED with the participation of Sergey Popov, PMZ CEO and deputy chairman of the CED, as well as other board members.

The members of the CED board revised the composition of the civil and transport aviation engine programs which are directly managed by the CED. A decision was made to elaborate action plans aimed at decreasing the risks impacting the economic performance of the D-30KU/KP, SaM146 and PS-90A programs, devise a customer support system for the PS-90A engine as well as to improve the main application performance of the Division's engines being guided by the customers' expectations. During the session, the parties agreed to expand the list of the most beneficial collaboration programs focused on cross-deliveries of components and services between the companies in the Civil Engines Division.

The participants of the meeting also reviewed the need of integrating the research and development-related activities within the CED. It was decided to expand the scope of internal collaboration dedicated to the PD-14 engine and industrial gas turbines programs.

NPO Saturn Research and Production Association (OJSC) is an engine-building company specialized in the design and development, production and after-market support of gas turbine engines for military and civil aviation, Navy boats and power-generating plants and gas-pumping units. NPO Saturn is part of the United Engine Corporation.

The United Engine Corporation (OJSC) is a subsidiary of OBORONPROM UIC (OJSC). The UEC structure integrates over 85% of Russia's leading companies specialized in the design and development, serial production and after-market support of gas turbine machinery, as well as the key enterprises - the industry's integral players. One of the UEC's prioritized fields of activity is the implementation of comprehensive programs of development of the companies in the industry by introducing the world-class new technologies.

OBORONPROM United Industrial Corporation (OJSC) is a multi-field machine-building group created in 2002. It is part of Rostec. The main fields of activity are helicopter building (the Russian Helicopters holding), engine building (the UEC holding) and other assets.

Rostekhnologii State Corporation (Rostec) is a Russian corporation established in 2007 in order to facilitate the development, manufacturing and export of high-technology industrial products of military and civil purposes. Today it comprises over 663 companies, which form 8 military-industrial and 5 civil industry holdings. Rostec's subsidiaries are located in 60 regions of Russia and supply their products to over 70 countries worldwide. In 2012 revenues of the Corporation amounted to RUB 931 billion, net profits were RUB 38.5 billion and total taxation exceeded RUB 109 billion.