Key Elements of Technological Independence Strategy in Russian Mechanical Engineering

The article describes the strategizing prospects for Russia’s technological sovereignty in the sphere of mechanical engineering. The authors used the methodology of strategizing developed by Professor V. L. Kvint to identify the problem field of industrial development and design an OTSW matrix of strategic analysis. The approach made it possible to define the key priorities in the strategic management system to ensure Russia’s technological independence in mechanical engineering. First, production and academia should unite to solve the problem of qualifications and competencies. Second, digital technologies are to form a consolidating system of digital management of technology development and implementation. The system will provide knowledge management, platform solutions, and expert-machine decision support. Eventually, it will diversify the tools of technological development and implementation, thus leading to public-private partnerships, strategic cooperation, and foreign investments that will fund further R&D projects. These priorities are comprehensive elements in the strategy for ensuring the technological independence of mechanical engineering in Russia. They are bound for success on the way to help the domestic mechanical engineering to cope with the current economic challenges.