Glonass system can fully switch to domestic electronics in 2 years

Russia found a solution to switch its Glonass global navigation system to domestically produced components within two years.

By Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published October 5, 2015

Russia found a solution to switch its Glonass global navigation system to domestically produced components within two years.

The Russian Glonass global navigation system will fully switch to domestically-produced electronic components in the next two years, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Thursday.

"We have found solutions for switching to a domestically-produced [electronic] component base within a year and a half or two years," Rogozin said at an international congress on the ERA-GLONASS system.

Glonass is a satellite navigation system operated by the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces.

The Glonass project, launched in 1993, is considered to be Russia's answer to GPS (Global Positioning System).

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