Moscow. 18 August 2021. A total of 72 entries were submitted to the competition this year. Innovative projects were prepared by 48 teams of authors and 24 individual authors from 9 research, 15 educational organizations and 5 research companies.

By the decision of the competition committee, the best innovative project in 2021 determined the “Technology for creating adaptively controlled coatings to simulate and hide ground objects in the infrared range”, aimed at increasing the efficiency of infrared camouflage of military and special ground-based equipment through the use of adaptive thermo-controlled coatings.

The second place was taken by the project “Capture of the rod assembly ZSHU-400”. The result of the work was the solution of the problem of semi-automatic fastening of lifting slings to the body of an emergency or sunken object with minimal labor costs.

The third place was awarded to the scientific and technical project “A set of unreasonable refueling of ships on the roadstead of a new generation BZKR-100E”. The main goal of the project is to ensure the stability of the functioning of technical means for storing and transporting fuel by increasing the strength and tightness through the use of innovative design solutions from thermoplastic polyurethane with a high-modulus reinforcing cord.

The awards ceremony for the winners, prize-winners and laureates of the competition will take place during the ARMY-2021 International Military-Technical Forum.

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The main objectives of the competition are to identify talented specialists of the Armed Forces and to create conditions for the implementation of new scientific results obtained in solving problems urgent for the Armed Forces.

The organizer of the competition is the Main Directorate of Research Activities and Technological Support of Advanced Technologies (Innovative Research) of the Russian Ministry of Defense