Enterprises of the Russian defense industry have fulfilled all tasks set in the state defense orders, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said on Monday.
“Regarding the defense-industrial complex. Our enterprises have overall fulfilled all tasks of the state defense order. A special emphasis we have been and will continue to place on armaments and military equipment for the tasks of the special military operation,” Manturov said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He added that 3.8 million people are employed in the defense-industrial complex, with 800,000 added over the past three years.
Russia has carried out 17 space rocket launches in 2025, Denis Manturov said.
“[Russian state space] corporation [Roscosmos] carried out 17 space rocket launches last year,” Manturov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Average salaries and labor productivity are rising at the state corporation’s enterprises, the official said.
All 17 launches, spanning February 5 to December 28, succeeded, Roscosmos said.
The corporation also logged 17 launches in 2024, 19 in 2023, and 22 in 2022.