Researchers at the Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building are experimenting with durable concrete for more effective construction in the low temperature conditions of the Arctic and the Extreme North.
A Tyumen-based company has started testing automatic defrosters on Arctic power transmission lines.
The first regional commercial data processing center (DPC) has been launched in the Russian Arctic, and it will be used to store data from surveillance cameras in the Murmansk Region.
Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev and Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov discussed creating an Arctic satellite constellation to promote navigation safety on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) at a meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
A group of four weather meteorological satellites Arktika-M will allow Russia to monitor the situation in the Arctic region every 15 minutes and receive up to 2 million detailed images per year. The launch of the second satellite is scheduled for 2023, Nikolai Korchunov, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry and Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council, said at the Arctic Salon forum in St. Petersburg.
Specialists from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have developed a solar-powered airship which can be used for search operations in the Arctic and other hard-to-reach regions of Russia.
