JSC "INSTRUMENT DESIGN BUREAU NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN A. SHIPUNOV" AND TULA STATE UNIVERSITY - HISTORY OF COOPERATION
The article considers some historical aspects of cooperation between JSC “KBP” and Tula State University, major stages of their partnership including: establishment of the University Sub-Department, KBP-based Specialists Training Center, establishment of Department for Design of Automated Systems, which was headed for more than 15 years by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Arkady G. Нipunov. Basic results of many years’ cooperation and main guidelines for further partnership are stated in the article.