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2025: Wheelies becomes resident
Wheelies (the direction of software solutions for robotics of ITG Corporation) became part of the Scientific and Production Center for Unmanned Aviation Systems of the Technopark of St. Petersburg (SPC ALS). ITG announced this on November 10, 2025. Read more here.
2024
Summing up the work: 68 residents and ₽1,5 billion budget injections
The scientific and production center of unmanned aviation systems "Technopark of St. Petersburg" in July 2025 summed up the results of the previous year of work. The SPC attracted 68 residents from seven regions of the country and ₽1,5 billion budget funding for projects in the unmanned technology industry. The center has become one of the key sites for the development of unmanned aircraft in Russia since receiving a special status in 2024.
According to the press service of the Technopark of St. Petersburg, the SPC ALS has become the central platform of the unmanned industry in the region. The structure of the center includes developers and manufacturers of unmanned vehicles, their components, structural elements, materials, electronics and software for unmanned systems.
The center acts as a provider of federal and regional support measures for resident projects. High-tech infrastructure allows participants to work on prototypes and small batches of products directly in engineering centers, using modern technologies and equipment.
Cooperation chains of residents ensure the scaling of projects and increasing the level of localization of production. The partner network includes a digital platform for the development and use of digital counterparts CML-BENCH® from SPbPU, a flight test site of SPbGUT in the village of Voeikovo, Leningrad Region, and test laboratories "CT-Unmanned Systems."
The synergy of the SPC ALS capabilities contributes to the successful development of residents and the organization of full-scale industries. LLC "Corporation of Drones" received a grant from the NTI Foundation in the amount of ₽300 million for the mass production of piston aircraft engines for unmanned air systems. Production is organized in St. Petersburg.[1]
Allocation of ₽3 billion for the creation of the center
The government of St. Petersburg has allocated funds for the creation of a second research and production center for the development and production of drones on the territory of the Shushary site of the special economic zone (SEZ) "St. Petersburg." The financing of the SPC BAS "Technopark of St. Petersburg" became known on November 26, 2024.
According to RBC, the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov said that the production of unmanned aerial vehicles could become a new industrial specialization of the city.
The new center will create production facilities for the development and assembly of drones, available to both large companies and small businesses. The site will complement the work of the first SPC of unmanned aviation operating on the territory of the Technopark of St. Petersburg with more than 50 resident companies.
For the design of a new industrial site, ₽552 million were allocated from the city budget. The construction of infrastructure in the period from 2025 to 2028 will require ₽15,4 billion budget investments, according to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.
In December 2023, St. Petersburg and the Ministry of Economic Development signed an agreement on the inclusion of new sites in the SEZ: on Parnassus with an area of 27.6 hectares and in Shushary - 127.2 hectares. This allowed to increase the total area of the special economic zone to 337 hectares.
The city is developing various directions of the UAV industry: the development of a component base, software, engines of various types, signal exchange and recognition systems. Particular attention is paid to R&D and the creation of infrastructure for the operation of drones.
The project includes the training of service personnel, the introduction of educational programs on unmanned systems and the development of scenarios for the use of ALS in urban conditions, including the formation of a state order for the use of drones in the implementation of state functions.[2]
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