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LIGA Group Shifts Focus from Laptop Factory to Drone Simulators for Russian Schools
WHY IT MATTERS
This shift in focus highlights the challenges faced by Russian businesses in the current economic climate, and the potential for innovative solutions to adapt to changing circumstances.
What happened
Russian electronics manufacturer LIGA Group has put its plans to build a laptop factory in Yekaterinburg on hold, citing unfavorable economic conditions and the delay of a key microchip plant. Instead, the company will invest in drone-piloting simulators for Russian schools, with the first software product expected to be released by the end of this year.
This move comes as Russia's Education Ministry prepares to introduce drone operation training as part of the country's new curriculum, starting September 1.
The investment in the new project is estimated to be in the tens of millions of rubles, with the potential to recoup that investment within two to three years.
PRIMARY SOURCES
A Russian firm has frozen construction of a laptop factory in Yekaterinburg. It will make drone simulators for schoolchildren instead.
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