The topic of a secret meeting that Dmitriy Rogozin spent the day before in Nizhny Tagil became known. Russian Deputy Prime Minister discussed with the leadership of the Sverdlovsk Region and UVZ plans of measures to increase the plant's productivity. In particular, he named the launch date of the serial production of "Armata".

In general, according to the department of information policy of the governor, Rogozin praised the UVZ more than criticized, calling the corporation "the world's largest producer of military and civilian equipment". Remembered the vice-premier legendary T-72, which UVZ produces since the 70s and which is still "the base machine for the troops of the Russian army and will be in demand for many more years". And he expressed hope that the Tagil novelty - the unique modular platform of "Armata" - will also live for decades. Rogozin added that in 2019 it is planned to begin the pilot-military operation of the Armata tank at military ranges, and then - to launch mass production.

"I have no doubt that the measures taken to re-equip the production of Uralvagonzavod, expand the range of products will ensure the long-term demand for the products of the corporation on both domestic and foreign markets, provide stable work of the team, good salaries," said Rogozin.

In general, the volume of production of defense industry enterprises in the Sverdlovsk region is steadily increasing. In 2016, Sverdlovsk enterprises of the defense industry significantly increased the volume of shipped products: the production index in the industry was 141% to the level of 2015. At the same time, the wages of defense industry employees. Last year, this indicator increased by seven percent by 2015.

"Today, before our region, before the defense complex are complex and responsible tasks for the development and production of new types of military equipment and ammunition, the unconditional implementation of the state weapons program.

In this regard, the government of the Sverdlovsk region is constantly interacting with the flagship of the domestic tank building - Uralvagonzavod - on technical and technological re-equipment, development of production cooperation, execution of the defense order, "said Evgeny Kuyvashev, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region.

Rogozin, Kuyvashev and the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh examined the production site, but which produced the civilian products of the plant - the car assembly shop 320, which assembles an innovative gondola car with unloading hatches of model 12-196-02.