Bauman Moscow State Technical University
One of Russia's two most prominent engineering universities. Signed contract with AERONOVA for the gondola design of the NOVA-2 airship.
SCIENTIFIC
Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI)
Department of gas-turbine engines. Chief designer Dmitry Khmel graduated from MAI; ongoing collaboration on propulsion calculations for the airship fleet.
Dolgoprudny Design Bureau of Automatics (DKBA)
Historic Soviet-era bureau for lighter-than-air systems and specialty textiles. Providing consultation on airship shell materials.
NOC Sever — Yakutia research-education center
Regional research-education consortium in the Sakha Republic. Participating in Aerolyot-01 applications for the Russian Arctic — Northern Sea Route logistics, forest monitoring, tourism.
Academy of Aviation and Aeronautics Sciences
Held a formal session at the AERONOVA office to review the company's work — a signal of recognition from the Russian aviation scientific establishment.
GOVERNMENTAL
Technopolis Moscow SEZ
Sovelmash is a formal resident of this state SEZ. Residency required state expertise approval of the motor project and ongoing compliance reporting.
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) government
Delegation led by ambassador Andrey Fedotov visited the Voskresensk airfield. Subsequent agreement covers airship development for Northern Sea Route cargo logistics, forest monitoring, infrastructure safety, and tourism.
Ministry of Industry and Trade · Russian Federation
Indefinite-term license for research, design, testing, and repair of lighter-than-air aircraft. Issuing Order No. 1555, signed electronically by N. Popova. Verifiable via Ministry public registry.
Ministry of Economy · Mozambique
Formal recognition for contribution to economic diversification. A foreign government outside the Russian information space found it worth the ministerial effort to name the company for the record.
COMMERCIAL
First Sovelmash commercial contracts
First confidential commercial contracts for the Slavyanka motor, signed in October 2025. Customer names under NDA.
Two oil-and-gas customers
Working groups established on potential applications of Sovelmash motors in oil-and-gas sector equipment. Names under NDA.
INTERNATIONAL
India · Industrial buyers
Conversations with potential industrial buyers in India have reportedly reached national leadership level. Not independently verified at this stage.
China · Europe
Further conversations are underway in China and in Europe — per company reporting, not independently verified.
ASPP Weihai (China)
According to ASPP Weihai publications, Viktor Arestov and the company received Chinese regional innovation support for Slavyanka-related motor modernization projects, including a Taishan Industrial Leading Talents grant in 2018 and later public honors in Weihai (2022).
Dubai Airshow 2025 contacts
300+ contacts collected in the Vista startup pavilion from representatives of United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, China, South Korea, Madagascar, Sri Lanka.