Российский автопром пустился в погоню за Илоном Маском
Впервые за много лет в России открыт предзаказ на полностью созданный в нашей стране легковой автомобиль, да еще электрический. Электромобиль «Атом» уже называют и русской «Теслой», но напрашиваются и аналогии с провальным проектом «Ё-мобиля» миллиардера Прохорова. Какая судьба в итоге ждет...
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The Russian auto industry set off in pursuit of Elon Musk, by Dmitry Skvortsov for VZGLYAD. 08.09.2023.
Acceptance of pre-orders for the first fully domestic passenger electric car has begun.
For the first time in many years, a pre-order for a passenger car completely created in our country, and even an electric one, has been opened in Russia. The electric car "Atom" is already called the Russian "Tesla", but analogies with the failed project "Yo-mobile" of billionaire Prokhorov also suggest themselves. What fate awaits the first primordially Russian modern car in the end?
The restructuring of the Russian automotive industry is taking place in several directions. Some manufacturers have established import substitution of Western-made components. Well, or at least they organized a parallel import of these components or their replacement with analogues made in China or Iran. In addition, Soviet car brands that have not yet been forgotten in Russia are being revived. True, in this case, as a rule, we are talking about putting copies of Chinese cars on the conveyor.
But most importantly, new cars of their own Russian design are beginning to be created. Among passenger cars, this is primarily the Atom electric car, the production of which is promised to begin in 2025. And although the first cars are still far from the assembly line, pre-orders have begun to be accepted on the company's website.
Pre-order examples
Acceptance of pre-orders is at least a controversial move, given the significant number of Russians who remember the widely publicized Yo-Mobile project, which also received pre-orders, and how that project ended.
Pre-orders for Yo-mobile were free. But the pre-order only guaranteed that customers would be notified of the possibility to issue a contract for the purchase of the Yo-mobile when it came to its mass production. In 2011, on the first day of operation of the Yo-Auto website, the number of applications submitted exceeded 50 thousand, and by the end of the first week it had crossed the mark of 100 thousand.
The obvious result of the pre-order campaign is an understanding of the structure of demand for different Yo-Mobile models: 84% of applications were for a crossover, 14% for a minivan, and 2% for a van. But since the closure of the project was announced in 2014, the benefit of this understanding turned out to be zero.
Perhaps the introduction of these pre-orders was Prokhorov's monkeying with Elon Musk with his Tesla. When Musk hosted the 2006 presentation of the prototype of The Roadster, he invited 350 VIPs and hyped media personalities to this presentation (even then-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was among the invitees). Guests were asked to take a checkbook with them so that after the test drive, if they liked the car, they could buy it.
Of course, not the prototype that was at the presentation, but the first cars from the assembly line (when it is launched) in an exclusive version with a special plate signed by the leaders of Tesla Motors: Martin Eberhard, Mark Tarpenning and Elon Musk. The price for exclusive cars was set at $100,000.
Respond to a public inquiry
Tesla Motors Elon Musk has become the personification of an alternative to Detroit as a symbol of the American traditional auto industry. By the time The Roadster was introduced, the days of the slogan "what's good for General Motors, it's good for America" were in the 1960s, when the products of the American auto industry, if not already, then at least seemed to be the height of perfection. By the middle of the 2000s, the American auto industry had already largely overcome the problems that it faced in the second half of the 20th century. But he got out, adopting the innovations of European and Japanese auto brands.
New items from BMW and Mercedes, Porsche and Lexus were still prestigious. The domestic auto industry did not cause Americans a sense of pride. At the same time, American IT companies demonstrated success - and it seemed that impressive prospects opened before them.
Elon Musk managed to turn Tesla Motors into a model of the same technological company and make it a promising alternative to the inert Detroit. Plus, the electric car has fallen into the trend of the fight against global warming that has already begun. Moreover, The Roadster allowed the Americans to maintain their commitment to a real car - with high comfort, high dynamic performance and sufficient range for American distances.
Now the mass attitude in Russia to environmental problems has changed somewhat. But not so much that an electric car manufacturer can build a successful marketing strategy on this. Atom, rather, can appeal to global trends. The share of sales of electric vehicles is growing worldwide. Therefore, for someone, the opportunity to transfer to the "transport of the future" can be an argument. But such sentiments will become massive if it becomes really convenient to use electric vehicles.
Who will create the infrastructure?
You can't pour electricity into a canister, you can't pour it out of the tank of another car. Therefore, a network of electrical charging stations is needed.
Elon Musk had to deal with this on his own. And in February 2023, Tesla Motors owned 17,711 charging stations (that is, about 60% of all car chargers in the US). The company also installed about 10,000 slower chargers near houses (so that the car can be charged overnight). The company plans for 2023 to install another 4,000 slow chargers near hotels and restaurants.
In Russia, at the time of the birth of the Yo-mobile, there were no chargers, and Mikhail Prokhorov, apparently, considered that it was too expensive to create them at his own expense. Therefore, the propulsion system of the Yo-mobile had to be made hybrid, which practically nullified the environmental motivation for purchasing this car.
Atom will enter the market in a completely different situation. There are already more than 220 charging stations in Moscow (which are used by about 7,000 car owners). There are 83 charging stations in St. Petersburg and 44 in Nizhny Novgorod.
In the Far East, the first charging stations appeared in 2019. Today, RusHydro, within the framework of the Silk Road project, provided 70% of the route between Moscow and Vladivostok with charging, installing 150 fast EZS in 32 regions. The distance between them is 100-150 km, which allows you to travel safely even on electric vehicles with not very high mileage. In the future, the company plans to increase the number of charging stations to 1,500 by 2035. Most million-plus cities have their own programs for the development of electric charging infrastructure.
Now EZS users are mainly owners of imported electric vehicles (12.4 thousand Nissan Leaf, 3.5 thousand Tesla, 940 Porsche Taycan, 865 Audi and 559 BMW). The number of owners of the Evolute electric car produced in Russia (the Russian version of the Chinese Dongfeng Aeolus E70 electric car assembled in Lipetsk) and the Moskvich 3e electric crossover coming off the assembly line of the Moskvich plant (Chinese JAC Sehol E40X adapted to Russian conditions) is growing.
Business model
Tesla Motors' business model was built more in the style of tech start-ups like Apple than the traditional American auto industry. Tesla Motors has seen impressive growth over the years, but never broke even until 2020. Nevertheless, all the years before Tesla Motors reached the break-even point, the faith of investors in the company's products allowed it to raise more and more money by expanding production, bringing new models to the market, and most importantly, creating a charging infrastructure.
Tesla Motors has gone through the classic path of American technology startups from crowdfunding, through the participation of venture capital funds, IPO and further growth of the shares of a public company. This was the most realistic way for the project, which is an ideological alternative to Detroit (which was also played by Elon Musk at one time).
It is pointless to talk about the Yo-mobile business model. In any case, if Mikhail Prokhorov understood the strategy used by Elon Musk, it was unrealizable in the then Russian conditions: in Russia, venture capital investment was several orders of magnitude less powerful. Therefore, the Yo-Mobile project was a primitive attempt to create a relatively fresh product from available imported cubes - in the hope that it would “come in” to buyers and be able to sell it in quantities sufficient to pay off the investment.
As for Atom, so far we can only make assumptions about its business model. In terms of hardware, the project is based on investments from state corporations (Rostec, Rosatom, Rosseti and their companies). The car will not form the market itself, but will enter it after the already mentioned Evolute, Moskvich 3e and imported models. And here it is important what impression it will make on buyers. Musk has amazed users with a novelty that has never been seen before. Atom will have to compete with models that have already won their fans.
Not only design and technical characteristics are important (but also reliability and price). The developers of Atom tried to form an innovative image of their product at the expense of its IT component. Digitalization can create a fundamentally new level of functionality and comfort, the creators of the electric car say.
The operating system and various applications running under it should become not only fashionable and attractive for buyers "chip" of "Atom". According to the developers of the marketing strategy, due to this, it is planned to receive an additional source of income. “The growth may not come in sales, but in the system of subscriptions to electric vehicles and digital products, as well as in the development of sharing services. JSC "Kama" (manufacturer of "Atom") is actively working with the largest operators in this area. With such a development of the Russian digital product, market growth will be driven by a fundamentally new level of customer experience,” Sergey Nazarenko, Director for Innovative Products of the Research and Development Center of KamAZ PJSC, comments on this aspect.
However, as the example of Tesla Motors and the experience of China show, much will depend on state support for the development of electric transport in Russia.
Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»
Конструкторское бюро химавтоматики покажет макет кислородно-метанового двигателя РД-0169А для перспективной многоразовой ракеты «Амур» на форуме «Армия-2023» На первой ступени ракеты предполагается использование пяти таких двигателей. Создаваемый в КБХА двигатель РД-0169А выполнен по схеме с...
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The Chemical Automation Design Bureau will show a model of the oxygen-methane engine RD-0169A for the promising reusable Amur rocket at the Army-2023 forum.
Five such engines are expected to be used in the first stage of the rocket. The RD-0169A engine, created at KBKhA, is made according to the scheme with afterburning of oxidizing generator gas, has a thrust near the Earth of 100 tons, and the frequency of use is up to ten times.
Work on the new engine has reached the stage of manufacturing the first copy. In the workshops, the production of components and assemblies is carried out, after which the assembly of the first engine will follow for conducting ground autonomous tests.
Previously, KBKhA performed preliminary design, developed working design documentation, conducted model tests to study the processes of ignition and mixture formation, manufactured and carried out autonomous finishing tests of individual components and assemblies of a prototype engine.
РКК "Энергия" впервые показала устройство базового модуля Российской орбитальной станции
Проекционная голографическая экспозиция демонстрирует порядок сборки станции, тип оборудования и особенности взаимодействия с космическими аппаратами
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PATRIOT PARK / Moscow region /, August 14. /TASS/. The device of the base module of the promising Russian Orbital Station (ROS) can be viewed for the first time at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.
The layout is presented by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation at the joint exposition of Roscosmos.
A special projection holographic exposition demonstrates the procedure for assembling the station, the type of equipment and features of interaction with spacecraft.
In the spring, RSC Energia placed a tender for the supply of a 1:5 scale model of the base module of the Russian Orbital Station. Then the TASS Corporation announced plans to demonstrate at this year's exhibitions a mock-up of the basic ROS module with its internal structure.
Центр Хруничева представил макет сверхлегкой ракеты
Демонстрация происходила в рамках Международного военно-технического форума "Армия-2023"
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PATRIOT PARK / Moscow region /, August 14. /TASS/. Center them. M. V. Khrunicheva (part of Roscosmos) presented a model of a promising ultra-light launch vehicle at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.
The general director of the center, Aleksey Varochko, told TASS the day before that the company was conducting search work to determine the possible appearance of an ultralight launch vehicle. Earlier, Roscosmos also reported that the Khrunichev Center will show a model of a two-stage ultralight rocket at Army-2023.
It is assumed that it will fly on kerosene and liquid oxygen, without the use of an upper stage. At the same time, the duration of the payload launch into orbit will be up to 2 hours, and the mass of the payload launched into a sun-synchronous orbit will be up to 600 kg.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has placed an order for a batch of "Tiger-M" vehicles designed in the style of "Mad Max" with enhanced protection for convoy security.
The vehicles were showcased at the "Army-2023" forum. The new modification includes additional protection in the form of attached armored plates.
Chisel", an unmanned vehicle for supporting assault squads.
The device can work on air targets, lightly armored vehicles and enemy manpower. It has the ability to deliver the equipment, ammunition and weapons necessary for the assault group, as well as evacuate the wounded.
The length of this land drone is 7465 mm, width - 2550 mm, height - 2100 mm. Clearance - 320 mm. The curb weight is 13300 kg, and the total weight is 16000 kg. Load capacity - 2700 kg. Engine power - 350 hp The maximum speed on the highway is 100 km / h.
The Russian military-industrial complex [NPO "Elektromashina"] presented a promising automated module 53C16U which is specialized for combating bpl
It has a radar¹ and optoelectronic station for fire detection and guidance. Armament consists of a 7.62mm rotary machine gun and 4 launchers with interceptor drones² equipped with fragmentation warheads. It also has an electronic jamming system.
¹ The radar is capable of detecting miniature drones at distances of 2+km
² Interceptor drones are guided to the target by two channels: automatically via the optoelectronic station or via virtual glasses as with FVP kamikaze drones.
This is an idle module. The operator can operate it from a safe and comfortable position. The automated system can network up to 16 of these modules.
Russia Unveils Cutting-Edge UAV Fitted With Neural Network-Based Object Identification System
This unmanned aerial vehicle’s maximum flying time stands at six hours when the drone is powered by petrol, something that enables an operator to conduct meticulous surveillance of a certain area.
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Russia Unveils Cutting-Edge UAV Fitted With Neural Network-Based Object Identification System, by Oleg Burunov for Sputnikglobe.com. 08.15.2023.
This unmanned aerial vehicle’s maximum flying time stands at six hours as the drone is powered by petrol, something that enables an operator to conduct meticulous surveillance of a certain area.
The Russian company, Svyaz-Spetszashchita (Communication-Special Defense), has developed a new drone that can be powered both by batteries and gasoline, the firm’s Marketing Head Dmitry Zubarev told Sputnik on Tuesday.
The dual-purpose drone (which means it is designed for civilian or military goals) is currently on display at the ongoing military-technical forum Army-2023 in Kubinka outside Moscow.
“As this unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is powered by petrol, its maximum flying time is up to six hours, which makes it possible to effectively implement surveillance-related tasks,” Zubarev said.
He stressed that the UAV is capable of transporting two smaller attack drones, in what the Svyaz-Spetszashchita Zubarev described as a “highly-desired feature nowadays”.
“When spotting ‘an object of interest’, the UAV sends a smaller drone to the area where the object was tracked and returns to the base,” Zubarev explained, adding that the UAV is equipped with neural network-based object identification system.
Various attack drones are now widely used by the Russian Armed Forces in the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
UAVs like these, including Russia's Lancet drones, played a significant role in crippling Kiev’s counteroffensive, which, failed to make any sort of progress as tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have already been killed or wounded.
AbramsX vs Armata: ¿cómo se compara el nuevo carro de combate estadounidense con su análogo ruso?
¿Cuál es la visión del complejo militar-industrial estadounidense sobre el futuro de la guerra de tanques y qué papel desempeña en ella el AbramsX? Sputnik lo analiza.
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What is the vision of the American military-industrial complex about the future of tank warfare and what role does the AbramsX play in it? Sputnik analyzes it.
After its presentation to the public by General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights (Michigan), social networks have been filled with debates about the AbramsX combat tank.
Photos from the event show civilians posing with the armored monster, painted gray and with at least five stylized AbramsX logos on the turret and on the front side skirts.
What are the features of the AbramsX?
General Dynamics has offered quite a few details about the characteristics of the tank prototype since it was first presented at an exhibition in Washington, DC, in October 2022.
Although it may look similar to a standard Abrams, the AbramsX has a declared weight of only 49 tons, 17 tons less than a fully loaded M1 Abrams. Its hull measures 7.9 meters long, 3.6 meters wide and 2.3 meters high.
The prototype has an unmanned turret design with a 120 mm XM360 smoothbore gun, and a crew of three people in the cockpit, one less than in the M1 (leaving out the magazine). In fact, there is a separate hatch for each crew member. Press images show that the tank's turret includes a 30 mm XM914 cannon, in addition to a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun.
As expected in a new generation battle tank, the AbramsX will be equipped with artificial intelligence capabilities to reduce the workload of the crew, including the identification and prioritization of targets, as well as communications with friendly drones that act as reconnaissance or attack means.
The tank is expected to include 360-degree panoramic day/night thermal sights, one for the commander and one for the gunner.
General Dynamics also plans to equip the AbramsX with the Next Generation Electronic Architecture (NGEA in English), the same type that the defense giant has included in its future unmanned combat robots, which will allow them to navigate the terrain and avoid obstacles. Details are scarce, but these capabilities on the AbramsX could allow the tank to operate fully autonomously.
The designers are also working on a 'hemispheric' active protection system to detect and intercept anti-tank missiles and grenade launcher projectiles.
Will the tank actually be produced?
Arguably one of the most significant features of the tank is its electric-diesel hybrid engine, which is expected to improve fuel efficiency by up to 50% compared to the M1 (whose Honeywell multi-fuel turbine engine has made the current Abrams tank one of the heaviest gasoline-guzzlers in existence).
It is expected that the AbramsX will be able to operate in silent mode for short periods of time using electric power, which would allow the tank to sneak up on enemies, if the huge machine is not seen from several kilometers away.
It is unclear whether General Dynamics will get the necessary backing from the Pentagon to undertake further research and prepare the AbramsX platform for production. At the beginning of the year, the Deputy Secretary of the Army, Gabe Camarillo, made a statement to the American media without giving conclusive information.
Is the AbramsX an American Armata?
Both military experts and social media users could not help but find many important similarities between the AbramsX and the T-14 Armata, the new-generation limited-series Russian combat tank built on the Armata universal combat platform that was first presented in 2015.
The most prominent similarities include an unmanned turret design, a three-person crew sitting side by side, an autoloader, and plans for artificial intelligence integration. "Both the AbramsX and the Armata are perspective tanks," Dmitri Kornev, founder of the portal, told Sputnik MilitaryRussia.ru.
"The Armata is our future tank, and the AbramsX is currently an advanced American tank prototype. It is clear that our cars compete with the Americans, at least on paper," Kornev explained.
"We already have the Armata. At least it's already being tested. There is even a limited series production already; it is being produced, it is being tested by the military. The AbramsX is nothing more than a prototype. It is the only copy, and it is not even an experimental tank yet," he stressed.
Kornev pointed out several outstanding features that distinguish the two tanks, such as the 120 mm main gun of the AbramsX, versus the 125 mm main gun of the Armata.
"Ours turns out to be a little bigger; in addition, a future 152 mm gun is being developed for the Armata. When it appears, it is clear that the firepower of the Armata will be far superior" to that of its American counterpart.
"Next, as for the design of the tank configuration. We don't know all the details, but the design of the AbramsX doesn't look like it will change much compared to the current Abrams such as the Armata, which changed quite revolutionarily compared to previous generations of [Russian] tanks," the expert stated.
Also, Kornev emphasized that the Armata is a true new-generation tank, which has a modular design. There is a separate module for the crew, another for the engine-transmission compartment and the third module is for combat.
"With the AbramsX, in all likelihood, everything is simpler. That is, a standard Abrams has been taken and slightly improved, so to speak. And the standard Abrams does not have this kind of modular design," Kornev said.
The military observer sees an apparent "parity" in the general characteristics of the unmanned turrets of the two tanks, "although judging by the appearance, the AbramsX prototype seems to have a bulkier turret, perhaps for storing ammunition. The dimensions of the Armata's turret are minimal in relation to the overall silhouette of the tank," he noted.
One of the aspects in which the AbramsX can outperform its Russian counterpart, if it comes to be manufactured, is its hybrid engine.
"That is, it will have electric propulsion and a diesel engine, with an operating principle similar to that of hybrid cars. They aim to halve fuel consumption, which is a significant advantage," Kornev stresses, explaining that a hybrid engine means lower mass, reduced noise levels and possibly higher acceleration characteristics, which could prove critical on the battlefield.
As for protection, Kornev is confident in the superiority of the Russian tank. "The Armata is one of the best protected tanks in the world. It has dynamic protection, spaced shielding, intelligent smoke grenades and an installable active protection complex," he specified.
"The AbramsX is simpler. That is, although it is possible to deploy dynamic protection on the tank, the simplest models may have only spaced armor, sometimes with uranium inserts. The exact composition of the tank's armor is still unknown, but most likely it will have less protection than the Armata, and perhaps even the T-90M Proriv [a third-generation Russian tank]," he added.
When all is said and done, Kornev expects the Armata to be less expensive than the AbramsX, although both will be expensive (the production of an Armata, for example, costs several times the price of a new T-90M). In fact, the military operation has shown that the principles of tank warfare have not lost their meaning, more than 80 years after the first mass deployment of armored vehicles during World War II.
After announcing the delivery of NATO battle tanks to Ukraine, Western officials and media confidently predicted that the German Leopard 1 and 2 and the British Challenger II would go through the Russian tanks and defenses like a hot knife through butter.
However, the stagnation of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the crushing of the Ukrainian armored columns by the Russian minefields, aviation and artillery have shown that the effective coordination of combined arms, intelligence on the battlefield, the competence of the commander and the skill of the tank crew are often much more important than the characteristics on the role of any tank.
В российских компаниях начали тестировать смартфоны на операционной системе "Аврора" - Российская газета
Почти сразу после того, как несколько крупных российских компаний, министерств и ведомств запретили использование iPhone в служебных целях, в России началось тестирование отечественных мобильных устройств на ОС "Аврора".
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Russian companies began testing smartphones on the Aurora operating system, by Dmitry Bevza for Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 08.11.2023.
Almost immediately after several large Russian companies, ministries and departments banned the use of the iPhone for official purposes, testing of domestic mobile devices on the Aurora OS began in Russia.
So, Russian Railways said that the Aurora OS has already been installed on several thousand devices that are used by operational personnel. The planned adaptation of the domestic operating system for working devices of employees also continues. A mobile application has been installed on devices with Aurora to control the maintenance and repair of Russian Railways facilities.
According to the Izvestia newspaper, some Russian legislators have begun to receive smartphones running the Aurora OS. So, several dozen devices were delivered to the Federation Council.
The Aurora OS is developed by Open Mobile Platform LLC, owned by PJSC Rostelecom.
Rostelecom confirmed the fact of testing by Russian companies and organizations of devices on the Aurora OS.
"Our company is always ready to help customers switch from American operating systems to the domestic mobile ecosystem. Recently, this process has intensified, the use of devices based on the Aurora operating system is growing. But by agreement with customers, we cannot disclose the details of projects," the press release said.
Earlier, Russian Railways introduced a ban on the use of the iPhone for business purposes for its employees. Similar bans were introduced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Transport, the Federal Tax Service and a number of other departments. They also banned their employees from using the iPhone to perform work tasks at Rostec. The ban also applies to organizations that are part of the state corporation, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade recommended that all industrial enterprises of the Russian Federation, subordinate to the ministry, abandon the iPhone at work.
All restrictions were introduced after the FSB, together with the Federal Security Service of Russia, announced the disclosure of an intelligence operation by American intelligence services carried out using Apple mobile devices.
The Center for Public Relations of the FSB of Russia said that several thousand iPhones were infected. Moreover, not only Russian subscribers were infected, but also foreign numbers and subscribers using SIM cards registered with diplomatic missions and embassies in Russia, including NATO and post-Soviet countries, as well as Israel, Syria and China.
The FSB stressed that the information received by the Russian intelligence services confirms the close cooperation of Apple with American intelligence and that the privacy policy of users declared by Apple is not true.
Almost simultaneously with the FSB, Kaspersky Lab experts reported that they had discovered a software spyware implant on some Apple devices. Hackers collected victims' data during the "Operation Triangulation" campaign. To do this, they used software called TriangleDB. The malware provided the attackers with covert surveillance capabilities, but ran exclusively in the device's memory, so all traces of its operation and the malware itself were removed upon reboot.
Dmitry Makhlin, partner and development director of HRlink, believes that since the Aurora OS was developed primarily for the needs of the public sector, it meets the requirements of government agencies and state-owned companies in terms of security. "Now many organizations are starting to prohibit employees from using Western operating systems because of the risks of sudden disconnection from the system, hacks and bookmarks. There are no such problems in the local product," Makhlin notes.
At the same time, the expert doubts that in the near future devices on the Aurora will be able to become widespread. "The system has been developed for a long time, in 2021 it was included in the register of domestic software. However, it is still quite "raw". It will take time to adapt to a large consumer market, and this is not one or two years. three to five years of active work, so that this operating system only approaches the required level," Makhlin believes.
The history of the creation of the Aurora operating system began in 2000, when the Finnish Nokia was working on new mobile devices and operating systems. These developments were developed in the new Jolla company and formed the basis of the Sailfish OS. In 2016, the Russian company "Open Mobile Platform" received the rights to develop and use Sailfish OS and, together with Jolla, began developing the operating system. The goal was to create a secure OS for use in large companies, government organizations and institutions. In 2018, 75% of the Open Mobile Platform company and a controlling stake in the Finnish project were acquired by PJSC Rostelecom. This made it possible to integrate the operating system with the products and solutions of Rostelecom, targeted at the public and corporate sectors. In 2019, Sailfish received a new brand "Aurora".
One of the manufacturers of smartphones and tablets based on the Aurora operating system is the Russian company Aquarius. RG has at its disposal a smartphone of this company, running on the Aurora OS, and in the near future we are preparing a full review of the device.