- Vladimir Putin said Russia’s draft 2027–2036 state armaments program aims to sustain long-term weapons production growth, citing sharp increases in output across armored vehicles, aircraft, artillery, electronics, and ammunition since 2022.
- Putin said battlefield experience from the war in Ukraine is shaping future force structure and defense industry priorities, with emphasis on automation, artificial intelligence, and lower production costs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a government meeting to review the core parameters of Russia’s next state armaments program for 2027–2036, alongside a parallel program for the development of the defense-industrial complex.
The meeting follows earlier sessions held on June 11 and 12, 2025, focused on shaping long-term military procurement and industrial priorities.
Opening the session, Putin said the government was continuing discussions on “two documents: the state armaments program for 2027–2036, as well as the state program for the development of the defense-industrial complex.”
According to Putin, Russian defense enterprises are operating “in a stable mode” and continue to supply the armed forces with weapons and equipment, both for units engaged in what Moscow calls the “special military operation” and for the military as a whole.
“I would like to thank the teams of defense organizations for their selfless, valiant work,” Putin said.
Putin stated that joint decisions and timely government support measures allowed Russia to strengthen the material and technical base of its defense industry in a short period of time and expand production capacity across supply chains. He claimed these steps led to sharp growth in output compared with 2022 levels.
“For reference — it’s quite curious — production of armored weapons increased 2.2 times, light armored vehicles, such as infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, by 3.7 times, military aircraft by 4.6 times, automotive equipment by 5.7 times, rocket artillery weapons by 9.6 times, communications and electronic warfare equipment by 12.5 times, individual body armor by almost 18 times, and means of destruction and ammunition by more than 22 times,” Putin said.
He described these figures as the result of the work of defense-industrial enterprises and the broader Russian economy. “Without development and stability in finances and in the economy as a whole, this would also have been impossible,” Putin said. “This is the result of joint work.”
The Russian leader emphasized that the character, forms, and methods of combat are constantly changing during the conflict in Ukraine. He said experience gained by Russian forces is being used in shaping the future structure of the armed forces and the defense-industrial complex.
“This absolutely invaluable experience received by the troops is fully used in forming the new image of the armed forces and the defense-industrial complex as well,” Putin said.
According to Putin, implementation of the new state armaments program will continue this process. He said a package of measures has already been developed to ensure steady growth of high-technology production, increased automation, higher labor productivity, and, in particular, lower production costs.
“I want to especially draw attention to reducing the cost of production,” Putin said. “There is definitely still work to be done here.”
Putin also called for continued development of Russia’s testing and training infrastructure, as well as broader adoption of artificial intelligence technologies and advanced materials. He said these efforts are intended not only to maintain what he described as existing advantages in Russian weapons and equipment, but also to drive innovation across the wider industrial sector.
“In these areas there are already serious results,” Putin said. “But, of course, as always, there is a lot of work ahead.”
He added that many of these issues were discussed in detail during earlier meetings, and said the current session would conclude coordination of the main indicators of the new state programs and their funding parameters.