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and a representative office in St. Petersburg. Arktika’s The book by Onega employees, titled “Ships! What’s
portfolio of civil orders is expanding: in the near fu- inside?” (2019), won the top prize in regional competition
ture, it will join the construction of freezer trawler Vik- Book of the Year as the best family book.
tor Gavrilov, designed as largest trawler ever built by Today, Onega operates as an advanced engineering
Russian shipyards; work is underway in Sevastopol on organization, whose purpose is to maintain, develop
floating cranes PK-400 and PK-700; another project is and promote high technologies for engineering of tech-
based in St. Petersburg and will involve Arktika’s en- nical equipment, vessels, special-purpose devices and
gineers in preparing design documentation for project structures, ships, watercraft and other types of marine
A45-90.2 passenger ship. equipment and accessories. It consistently pursues the
A dedicated center is going to be set up by the USC aim of sustainable innovative development of the Rus-
within Arktika to deal with the entire range of electrical sian ship repair industry with focus on life cycle of all
installation works from design to operational assistance. types of ships.
Onega Rubin-Sever
Founded in 1975, Onega operates in the Russian The history of design bureau Rubin-Sever began in
shipbuilding industry as a design and technology de- 1978, when Leningrad Design and Installation Bureau
veloper. Together with shipyards and repair centers, “Rubin” established its northern office in Severodvinsk.
it works to maintain the technical readiness of naval Rubin-Sever joined the United Shipbuilding Corporation
ships, facilitating technological progress of the Rus- in 2007. It sees its mission as meeting the nation’s needs
sian shipyards. Onega’s core activities include research in design, engineering and repair of strategic and special-
and development in the field of military and civil ship- purpose submarines of the Navy.
building. Rubin-Sever develops documentation and provides
Arktika’s high level of technical expertise and devel- technical support for the components of the projects run
opments is recognized by its numerous partners. Many by Central Design Bureau “Rubin” – naval ships, spe- SOZVEZDYE #36
of its developments are covered under intellectual prop- cial purpose vessels, sophisticated marine equipment. Its
erty rights. One development has a certified status of sci- team were among the first in the industry to use comput-
entific discovery. In 2017, Arktika started a laboratory er-aided design systems and have more than 20-year ex-
of chemical technology installed with facilities for non- perience in using various types of CAD. партнерство
destructive and destructive testing, trial facility, simula- Rubin-Sever Design Bureau’s core activities include partnership
tion testing, and a chemical and analytical laboratory. In development of marine engineering systems and devic-
2019, by resolution of the RF Ministry of Industry and es; technical support; development of engineering and
Commerce and the Ministry of Defense, Onega was ap- regulatory documentation; prototype development and
pointed lead organization for the development and sup- testing. Its engineer team are qualified in engineering
ply of repair documentation for submarines and deep- of hull structures, general ship systems, electrical equip- 13
sea equipment. ment and automation, and information technology.