Shalimov Leonid Nikolaevich NPO Automation resignation. Leonid Shalimov, director general of the NPO Automation, quit. - Social programs will have to be cut

NPO Automation is located in Yekaterinburg and specializes in the development and production of control systems and automation equipment. In Soviet times, the main products were control systems for sea-based and silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. Now the products are diversified and include both related projects (for example, Soyuz-2 launch control system), as well as means for automating transport (railway, river navigation, monorail) and production.

The change in leadership at the NGO took place in 2016, when the former CEO after. The reason, according to experts, was a faulty cable, for the production of which the Yekaterinburg enterprise was responsible. Meanwhile, as experts emphasize, a malfunction.

Leonid Shalimov

After leaving the post of CEO Shalimov until March 2018 continued work there in the status of an adviser to the general director, whom, the former Sverdlovsk Minister of Industry. During his appointment, he said that he would work to improve the quality of products, and set profit as the main goal.

Andrey Misyura

At present, not everyone is happy with the changes that have taken place. Employees complain about layoffs, lower orders. On condition of anonymity, one of the employees said that in the NGO, workers in specialties (installers, locksmiths) began to lose wages due to a decrease in the volume of work, and they are on piecework wages.

“The level of layoffs is visible in my colleagues. Everyone is either in the mood to leave or to be fired directly. Management is useless for the most part. Over the past year, people are more often appointed due to good connections than by experience and knowledge,” the source says.

The press service of the company denied mass layoffs. According to her, "to date, 31 people have been laid off in the NPAA, 10 of whom worked in thematic divisions, another 21 employees worked in divisions of administrative support services."

"Reductions are not massive, they are carried out pointwise and make up 0.8% of the total number of employees of the enterprise. Information on the number of employees of NPO Automation is not subject to open publication," the press service of NPO Automation added.

"He says that he is working off the debts of the former director, when the enterprise was transferred to him without a single debt - not a single ruble. Last year there was a decent, several tens of millions, profit. And his wife walks around the plant with a dog. There is no team, but her determines the leadership, selects it for himself, apparently.According to his first actions in 2016, I asked: "Who appointed you to destroy the enterprise?" Shalimov added.

According to the Executive Director of the Union of Defense Industries Enterprises of the Sverdlovsk Region Vladimir Kukarskikh, recently, the enterprise really has problems, however, he did not specify anything.

Born August 24, 1946. In 1970 he graduated from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute and since May 18, 1970 has been working at NPO Avtomatiki.

Since 1992, Leonid Nikolayevich worked as Deputy General Director for Economics and Management. In order to study modern methods of work in market conditions and optimal development of the production of conversion civilian products in 1996, he graduated from the Ural State University of Economics.

Leonid Nikolayevich became General Director in 1997 and brought the enterprise to a stable level of work. He was awarded the Tsiolkovsky Star established by the Russian Aerospace Agency.

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"There was no accident"

Ex-director of NPO Avtomatiki Leonid Shalimov - about the postponement of the launch of the Soyuz and plans for the future

On May 19, the team of NPO Avtomatiki will be introduced to a new general director, who, most likely, will be a native of the enterprise, Minister of Industry of the Sverdlovsk Region Andrey Misyura. On the eve of the official appointment, the site was interviewed by the former general director of the enterprise, Leonid Shalimov, who led NPO Avtomatiki for more than 20 years. He gave details about the reasons for the postponement of the launch of the Soyuz rocket at the Vostochny cosmodrome, about his successor, as well as about a new project for the Ministry of Defense and about difficulties with financing in the military-industrial complex.

Shalimov himself is still working in the office of the general director on the first territory of NPO Avtomatiki in a building in the center of Yekaterinburg. In his office there are Roscosmos awards, family photos, souvenirs from trips. A photograph of a rocket launch hangs on the wall next to the Russian flag. In August, Shalimov will turn 70 years old, of which he has been working at the enterprise for more than 40 years.

"It was a regular situation"

- What happened at the Vostochny cosmodrome on April 27, when the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket was postponed?

- We can assume that there was a regular situation. This was the first start of flight design tests for the Vostochny cosmodrome. In the rocket itself, we have replaced the digital computer that controls the flight. If earlier she weighed 26 kg, now only six. Can you imagine the difference? This is a completely new development that had to be implemented, which we did. And in the end, the car performed its task amazingly.

- But the launch still happened the second time. What happened to the cable that is believed to have caused the failure?

- I'll tell you from the beginning. We switched to electronic design. This means that the developer for each part, including cables, creates documentation in electronic form, and the system, using these documents, automatically generates programs for checking compliance. The documentation for the cable that ended up being used at the launch on April 27 was originally released with a bug. The system translated this into a file for verification and accepted the cable with the error as compliant. The error was revealed a year ago when unsoldering the second cable, it was discovered by the installer, who immediately received an award for this. She reported this situation to the technologist, he - to the developer, and the developer, in turn, issued a notice about the correction of the documentation. This notice should have indicated that the first cable needed to be finalized, but nothing was written about this in the document. As a result, the unfinished cable got to the starting position. During the start, the system immediately detected an error and canceled the start. It was impossible to do this in advance, we are talking about checking irreversible operations at the site. For us, this is a standard situation, because we clearly put into the control system the verification of the correctness of all equipment during pre-launch preparation.

- After the system canceled the launch, how long did it take you to understand what was the reason?

- At first, the whole chain was suspected, then we began to narrow the circle, and after two or three hours we realized that the whole issue was in the cable. When we realized this, we simply replaced this cable. Usually, such things are regulated in the working mode: we report on the reasons for canceling the launch of the state commission, we report that we have eliminated the error, and if the members of the state commission have no questions, the launch takes place the next day.

- But this year, due to the postponement of the launch, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was reprimanded, the head of Roskosmos Igor Komarov was severely reprimanded, you were not in full service compliance, and as a result, you left the post of General Director of NPO Avtomatiki. Do you think that if President Vladimir Putin had not been personally present at the cosmodrome, the reaction to the postponement of the launch could have been milder?

- My personal opinion: if it were not for Vladimir Vladimirovich, no one would have paid any attention to this moment. We would resolve this issue in a working order at a meeting of the state commission. The first start is flight and design tests, you always have the right to make a mistake. Not for an accident, but for a mistake. And I emphasize that there was no accident, everything worked properly.

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- The federal media wrote that after the unsuccessful launch, Putin arranged a “real dressing down”. How it was?

“Firstly, what is separation? Probably, everyone has the right to be indignant and express their opinion. I teach my subordinates that there are no trifles in rocket and space technology. Unfortunately, the younger generation believes more in electronics. And secondly, there was not a word about the unsuccessful launch, there is a transfer of the launch to the next day.

- You once said that the main problem of the space industry is fools.

- I'm talking about accidents, meaning that you can't catch up with a rocket to fix it. And you always need a system that does not miss possible errors. No matter what the fool does, the system must stop in case of an error and allow smart people to correct everything. This is how it all works for us now. If we did not have such a system, we would really run a very high risk of creating emergencies.

- Why did you write a letter of voluntary resignation on May 5, although at that time the special commission to investigate the incident at Vostochny had not yet made final conclusions?

To make it easier for them to work. Someone has to be held accountable for these stupid mistakes. That's all. I made a decision and wrote a statement.

- Regardless of the situation at Vostochny, were you going to do it in the near future?

— Basically, I wanted to launch another order. It took a maximum of two and a half more years. This is an interesting and significant project for Russia, so I wanted to put a winning end on it.

— What is this project?

- This is a new missile for the Ministry of Defense. I can't give details. But this is a significant job, and I was already involved in it, I thought that by launching a rocket, I would leave a good foundation for the future of the enterprise. But the situation at Vostochny prompted him to make a decision to resign earlier.

- How do you feel about the fact that the employees of NPO Avtomatika collected signatures against your resignation and were very emotional about your fate?

- These are all personal feelings of people. I have already written to the NGO newspaper that I am grateful to everyone for their sympathy. But only one person took pity on me. He said: "Finally, your 20 years of hard labor are over." So finally they ended, and personal feelings would not influence my decision.

- So you don’t see a political order in this situation to remove you from a leadership position?

- Not. I think this option is completely ruled out. The situation at Vostochny itself and its consequences were unexpected for everyone, so various theories began to be discussed by the poet. But I don't think it's an alien conspiracy because we're flying into space. The situation took its course. It happened.

- Minister of Industry Andrey Misyuru is named your successor. How do you feel about this option?

“I have no doubt that I have a replacement. I believe that any sane person should prepare for himself such a successor who would not ruin the business later. Therefore, regarding the return of Andrei Vasilyevich to the enterprise, I can say one thing: the main thing is that he himself assesses his capabilities correctly. I have already described the work of the director as hard labor. Few people want to go to hard labor, although everyone thinks: what's so difficult about running an enterprise? He sat down in a chair, sat down, went out - gave instructions. It's like a joke. Maria Ivanovna meets Vovochka and says: “Vovochka, are you a general? You didn't know anything at all at school!" Vovochka answers her: “I still don’t know anything. I come to the unit, they report to me, I say: “I don’t know anything, so that it would be ready by morning.” And this is how many people imagine the work of a director.

"The Soyuz-5 project has been temporarily suspended"

— You came to NPO Avtomatiki in 1970, at the age of 24. Where did your work start?

— Yes, I came to NPO Avtomatiki early. They constantly tried to grab me somewhere: I had to be the secretary of the Komsomol committee for some time, although at first I refused. I've been doing this for almost a year. Then I had an interesting job related to the issues of strategic arms limitation with America. But this topic fell under the knife, and in 1989 I became chairman of the trade union committee. Since I had no idea what a union was, I modeled my work on the example of the Canadian union.

What is the difference compared to the Soviet system?

- There were more stringent rules in relation to the team and the administration. For example, you were not eligible to enter the enterprise until you became a union member. Later, I organized a branch of NPO Avtomatiki, which was called Avtomatika for non-ferrous metallurgy. And the first work was an aluminum electrolysis system for the Bogoslovsky aluminum plant. By the way, Anatoly Vasilyevich Sysoev, who was then the director, recalls her with pleasure. And then I was offered to become deputy general director for economics. This was in 1992.

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Do you remember your first rocket launch?

- Of course I remember. If we talk about the first launch of a combat missile, it was on November 19, 1997 at a ground stand. Then, on November 8, 2004, the first launch of the Soyuz-2 rocket took place at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The first launch under my leadership was when we went on a ship escorting a submarine. I remember very well: I was standing on a ship and suddenly - such a glow and a rocket soars up from the sea. It's just amazing. I must have been very lucky in my career. I love launches very much, I am a rocket engineer by profession. We've had over 50 launches in the last 12 years and I've attended almost all of them.

- What is happening with the Soyuz-5 project now? Work in progress?

- Not. The Soyuz-5 project has been temporarily suspended. Of course, it still needs to be there. It is imperative that we have at least two developers of launch vehicles. When people strive for monopoly - it's good. But when someone uses monopoly products - it's bad. It is not in vain that we say that it is necessary to somehow limit the monopolists. Therefore, having one rocket and one rocket manufacturer is disastrous for the rocket and space industry.

"Get a government order - how to win a lottery ticket"

— What is the structure of orders for NPO Avtomatiki now? Earlier you said that a third is occupied by orders from Roskosmos, another third by the Ministry of Defense, and a third remains for civilian products.

“Unfortunately, today the situation is worse. Because so far the Ministry of Defense has a share of 50%, and Roskosmos and civilian products - 25% each, respectively. I believe that any enterprise should have product diversification. Division by thirds in our case is optimal. Everyone understands that orders from the Ministry of Defense are a certain conjuncture. They depend on the international situation, on the availability of budgetary funds, and on many other factors. Received a government order - rejoice, because, we can say that you won a lottery ticket.

— What is happening with the market of civilian products and import substitution?

— Here, the very formulation of the task of import substitution is absolutely wrong. Enterprises make long lists of what foreign equipment they use. We are told: “Offer us the same product. And if it is better and cheaper, we will buy it.” But wait, the cost of high-tech equipment can run into hundreds of millions of dollars. We cannot throw this money away just like that, without any guarantees. The system must be built differently. Enterprises must formulate specific terms of reference and then, if necessary, hold a competition among enterprises that are ready to fulfill the order. So we invested our own funds in the production of electric locomotives, having agreed with Russian Railways that they would be purchased.

— Last year, you said that the volume of production at NPO Avtomatiki increased by 27%. What are the forecasts for this year?

- This year, I think, will be very difficult, and we should not expect an increase in production volumes. The problems are related, among other things, to the federal law on "coloring accounts", which was adopted to control the funds of the state defense order, but in the end it slows down the work. We used to compensate for financial gaps with loans, but now the financing situation is unclear. The entire military-industrial complex discusses this topic endlessly. At the last congress of the union of machine builders in Moscow, we were promised that amendments to the legislation would be submitted to the State Duma in May, but so far this has not happened. As a result, there will be adjustments in the issue of generating profits, and profit is innovative development and social programs.

Will social programs have to be cut?

— Yes, some social programs will have to be cut. For example, we have already limited the bonus fund, and wages will most likely not increase this year. This, of course, is bad. I recently read an economist in Rossiyskaya Gazeta who said that a wage freeze would spur us on in terms of industrial development. Probably some very cool economist. But there is such a thing as purchasing power. And if it slows down, where will the growth come from?!

“We need to have time to implement all the ideas”

— A technopark was launched on the territory of NPO Avtomatiki several years ago for small enterprises that are engaged in innovations for the industry. How do you rate the effectiveness of its work?

— We never intended to create a technopark at all, because I never do anything for slogans. I simply united a number of instrument-making enterprises, which were practically natives of NPO Avtomatiki. This happened about 15 years ago. Then they did not talk about technoparks. I just decided that we need to solve a number of problems that enterprises have. This helps, in particular, to obtain a synergistic effect. For example, there is an opportunity to launch new products or join forces to enter a new market. If a recession begins at some enterprise, I invite the director and ask what happened. Together we think about what to pay attention to, and it comes to life. It happens that a company has resources, but it simply does not know where to apply them. I don't want hype, I just want to work. So that there are new products, so that import substitution is not just a slogan, but a real thing. Slogans are, apparently, our legacy, which remained from the USSR. We had a slogan for almost every occasion. For example, a month of shock work. What does it mean? That we work hard for one month, and just lie down and do nothing for 11?

— As part of the program of the Ural School of Engineering, you train personnel for industry. Are these not just slogans?

- Not. I have always said that the USE is much more harmful than corruption in schools. Because people are simply beaten off the ability to think logically. And everyone understands that an engineer is a logician, it is not just memorizing instructions and techniques. But it's useless to fight it. It is much more efficient to create a system where we can spark interest in engineering in children at school. We are consistently following this path. We agreed that the enterprises would supervise schools and robotics clubs. We also work with universities. When I start lecturing the first year at the Ural Federal University, sometimes timid questions are raised: “Are we all going to work at NPO Avtomatika?” But I have no such task. I set the task for students to become engineers who understand control systems. Then they will be able to work wherever they like, including at NPO Avtomatiki.

- Have you officially assumed the position of Advisor to the General Director of NPO Avtomatiki?

— Entered. There is no CEO yet. I am waiting for him, he should be appointed on May 19.

- Do you plan to transfer business and leave or stay at the enterprise?

I have so many interesting ideas! We need to have time to implement them all. Many things were not completed at NPO Avtomatiki, I couldn't get my hands on it because of rocket technology.

- For example?

— For example, we work with Russian Railways only on transport. I would like to develop other areas. I still have a passion for the railroad. There discipline, as in the military-industrial complex. There are a lot of interesting works that are not made in the mining industry.

- In the Sverdlovsk region in the mines of "Rusal" mainly foreign equipment.

- Yes. But we have the opportunity to make the equipment that Rusal needs. It's better and cheaper. You just need to negotiate.

The former head of NPO Avtomatiki, Leonid Shalimov, who resigned amid the scandal with the unsuccessful launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome, will remain at the enterprise, but in a different position. As Leonid Shalimov told the EAN news agency, he will not move from Yekaterinburg to Moscow, where he was proposed by the Ural media.

Leonid Shalimov, former CEO of NPO Avtomatiki:

I love Yekaterinburg very much, I will not go to Moscow for any money. I can't quit NPO Automation. This is one of the few companies that can make absolutely its own, unique product. I will start implementing projects for which I did not have enough time before.

At the same time, the scientist explained that he was not going to change his decision to resign from the post of CEO.

Shalimov told the publication that the current Minister of Industry and Science Andrei Misyura is applying for the position of the new head of the defense enterprise.

Leonid Shalimov:

To date, there is no official confirmation of Misyura's departure from the regional government, but rumors about his impending resignation are circulating in the press.

Andrey Misyura has been working at NPO Avtomatiki since 2003, where he rose to the position of first deputy general director for science and adviser to the head. He received the ministerial portfolio in September 2014, replacing Vladislav Pinaev.

Recall that the first rocket launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome was supposed to take place on April 27, but it had to be postponed for a day due to technical reasons. On April 28 at 5:01 am Moscow time, the launch took place in the normal mode.

The day after the unsuccessful launch, President Vladimir Putin issued a reprimand to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, a severe reprimand to the head of Roskosmos, Igor Komarov, and the general director of the Yekaterinburg NPO Avtomatiki, Leonid Shalimov. After Shalimov was suspended from work. Without waiting for the end of the investigation, May 5,.

A special commission to investigate the causes of the failure of the first launch at the Vostochny cosmodrome has completed its test at the NPO Avtomatiki in Yekaterinburg. According to Kommersant, the members of the commission, having examined the products brought from Vostochny, came to the conclusion that it was the fault for the disruption of the launch. The day before, a private meeting was held in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov. They discussed the development of the space industry.

It's official: the general director of the Yekaterinburg NPO Automation Leonid Shalimov, who headed the enterprise since 1997, resigned after the failure of the first rocket launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome. Today, the reason for the postponement of the launch became known - it did not take place due to problems with the cable, which did not meet the requirements of Roscosmos. Employees of the Prosecutor General's Office continue to work at the enterprise, but its head did not wait for the official results of the audit. Representatives of the industry are sure that in the situation with the launch of the first rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome, Leonid Shalimov simply fell under a hot hand.

On the morning of May 5, the results of the Roskosmos check after the failure of the rocket launch on April 27 became known. It was rescheduled for a reserve date on April 28, after which it took place successfully. By the way, a reserve launch date is always assigned. A source in the agency told Izvestia that the management of the Yekaterinburg enterprise and those responsible for the completeness of the testing methodology for the ground control system would be punished for the cable. Since yesterday, a special commission has been working at the enterprise in Yekaterinburg. According to UralPolit.Ru, federal specialists checked NPOs completely, even those units that had nothing to do with the rocket launch at the Vostochny cosmodrome. The review was due to end on May 6, until then Leonid Shalimov was temporarily removed from office by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who was in turn reprimanded by President Vladimir Putin. By the way, by the visit of the head of state to the Vostochny site, observers explain the scale of the scandal, which had such serious consequences for the Ural enterprise. It is important to note that the postponement of a rocket launch is a fairly common event for the industry.

Help "UralPolit.Ru":

1. March 13, 2016, 00:19 - the launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle with the Resurs-P satellite No. 3 was postponed to March 13, 2016 at 21:56 Moscow time. The reason is technical difficulties, automatic shutdown occurred before ignition. After the transfer, the launch went well.
2. January 22, 2016 - postponement of the launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Eutelsat 9B spacecraft to January 30. The reason is bad weather. After the transfer, the launch was successful.
3. December 10, 2015 - the launch of the Proton-M rocket with a military satellite was postponed to December 13. The unofficial reason is the accident on December 5 when one of the Canopus-ST satellites was launched into orbit by the Soyuz-2.1v rocket. After the transfer, the launch was successful.
4. October 13, 2015 - postponement of the launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Turkish satellite Turksat-4V to October 16. The reasons were not reported. After the transfer, the launch was successful.
5. April 6, 2015 - postponement of the launch of the Proton launch vehicle with the Express AM-8 space satellite for an indefinite period. The reason is that during the tests, malfunctions were found in all stages, the rocket was sent for revision.

But, as a specialist with many years of experience, the director of the enterprise preferred to make the decision himself. “I did not wait for the conclusions of the commission. I wrote that I ask to be relieved of my post. Why torture me", - said Leonid Shalimov in the only public comment so far to the EAN agency. He noted that he is not going to retire and will work, but probably in another area:

“Now I am making a choice. There are enough offers. Unfortunately, love for the Motherland is not mutual, as my comrades wrote to me, so, perhaps, I will no longer be connected with the former sphere..

Later, his decision to resign of his own free will was confirmed by the press service of the enterprise. Mikhail Trapeznikov, First Deputy General Director for Science, became the acting head of the NPO Automation.

Leonid Nikolaevich Shalimov headed the NPO Automation back in 1997. Under his leadership, the enterprise was restructured, after which it was possible to simultaneously make control systems for the rocket and space industry and develop civilian equipment. Under him, the control system for ballistic missiles on submarines and the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, which was first launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2004 and from Baikonur in 2006, was developed and tested. By 2014, 40 successful launches of Soyuz-2 had been carried out from various sites before the enterprise took part in preparations for the launch from Vostochny.

In addition, NGOs, in collaboration with the National Center for Space Research of France and the European Space Agency, developed the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle for launch from the French Guiana cosmodrome. In 2011, a rocket was successfully launched with two European satellites. All this was done under Leonid Shalimov.

The enterprise was also engaged in the production of civilian products. With the participation of Shalimov, the technopark "Priborostroenie" was created in Yekaterinburg. For all his merits, the director of the NPO was awarded the Orders of the Badge of Honor, Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, the Order of Friendship, and the medal "300 Years of the Russian Fleet." In 2011, Shalimov received the title of honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg.

The Union of Defense Enterprises of the Sverdlovsk Region noted that they could only sympathize with Leonid Shalimov in a human way. According to the executive director of the union, Vladimir Kukarskikh, the head of the NPOA became a victim of circumstances. The noise around the postponement of the launch of the rocket rose only because Vladimir Putin flew to the cosmodrome.

“This is the decision [to resign] of a courageous man. But I think that, of course, the factor of great resonance played. The transfer of the launch is a common practice, but their telemetry showed everything. It all happened because there was a president, it's obvious. Before that, one rocket flew off somewhere, no one was sent to resign. ”, - Vladimir Kukarskikh told UralPolit.Ru. He also noted that Shalimov is unlikely to back down, even if the Union stands up for him.

Around noon, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the resignation of Leonid Shalimov: “While still at the cosmodrome, he (Shalimov) was presented by the president about incomplete official compliance, and everything else is decisions that are made within the industry, by industry leaders and curators, and they are not subject to agreement with the head of state,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

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