On June 6, 2014 representatives of such leading shipbuilding enterprises of Russia as FSUE Central Research Institute of Structural Materials “Prometey”, Central design bureau for marine engineering «Rubin», JSC «Shipbuilding & Shiprepair Technology Center», JSC «Admiralty shipyards», Research institute for shipbuilding and armaments, JSC «Аrgos» visited G.V. Akimov Gelenjik climatic testing center (branch of VIAM).
During the visit, the guests examined exposition of the Gelenjik testing center; they were acquainted with tests and researches carried out in different water areas of the Black Sea – in Gelendjik and, earlier, in Tsemess bays.
By results of the subsequent meeting, the parties expressed their interest in creation of new testing stands for carrying out natural sea tests of products of the shipbuilding industry on existing and planned polygons of VIAM.