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9 January 2025, 11:38
2025-01-09
"2024 was a difficult year for the Central Military District, we worked and at the same time proved why we were needed." Did the IT unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine manage to keep the team?
At the end of September last year, information appeared about the disbandment of two units that were engaged in the development of IT projects for the Defense Forces. Ultimately, the Geospatial Data Center (GDC) was disbanded, and the fate of the Center for Scaling Technological Solutions (CTS) was to be determined in December.
At the end of September last year, information appeared about the disbandment of two units that were engaged in the development of IT projects for the Defense Forces. The Geospatial Data Center (GDC) was eventually disbanded, and the fate of the Center for Scaling Technological Solutions (CTS) was to be determined in December.
The Center for Scaling Technology Solutions (CST) — the largest IT unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — has several hundred IT servicemen, 70% of whom have combat experience. The decision on the CST was supposed to be made by the end of December 2024. What is the situation as of today?
"There is a joint directive of the Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief on the reformatting of the center. According to the old scenario, by December 31 we were supposed to go to a smaller staff with a significant reduction in personnel. We have already made a decision that our entire team will remain. We wanted to expand a little, but it didn't work out. However, even this decision will help to select new people ," said Valery Churkin, head of the Central Military District, in an interview with DOU.
Following news of the disbandment of the two IT divisions, Churkin later explained that the CMTR is being “reformed, not disbanded.” What does this mean?
"The chain of command remains. Reformatting is a change in the organizational structure. New staff units with new functions are appearing within us, such as the department for professional training of personnel," explains Churkin.
When asked whether they could disband the unit after the final decision, the head of the Central Military District responded: "In general, the command understands the importance of the center's work, our role in the ecosystem of military structures that have their own R&D, significant developments. If earlier we were as non-public as possible, now we have received permission to cover some projects. Therefore, the best safeguard today is the results of our work. We show them and continue to work. The current decision shows that there is an understanding of the innovativeness and necessity of the center. We have the support of the Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
Since the summer, the TsMTR team has shrunk by 10–15%. “No one was forcibly transferred from the TsMTR. Some had the opportunity to resign, some to be transferred elsewhere, where there is more stability,” Churkin added.
What happened to the team and projects of the disbanded CSD?
All CSD projects for which the CMTR is legally responsible were transferred to Churkin's unit, as well as the team that implemented these projects.
The rest of the CSD has been transferred to another unit that works in a related direction and with which the CST interacts. These specialists continue to work on previous projects.
As a result, processes slowed down, but overall development continued. “This moment of transfer, the disruption of teams, the adjustment of processes had a negative effect. But now everything is restored, and we are entering a new level of interaction,” says Churkin.
Plans for 2025
"2024 was a difficult year for the CMTR, we worked and at the same time proved why we were needed. Now we plan to increase our capabilities, push forward projects that are currently in the final stage.
"We are gradually building a group of projects that will form an ecosystem. When the CMTR was created, we thought that the army was 10–20 years behind business. It seems that this is changing today. We are approaching the stage when our inventions or software solutions will generate new technologies even for the civilian sector after the war," says the CMTR head.
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Ми продовжуємо нашу рубрику, присвячену професіям у геймдеві. Тема нового матеріалу в ній — левел-дизайн. Його вважають підвидом геймдизайну, але все-таки практично кожна студія хоче окрему людину на позицію левел-дизайнера. Адже у цій спеціальності вистачає своїх нюансів та особливостей.
Розібратися з ними всіма нам допоміг досвідчений левел-дизайнер зі студії Fractured Byte Дмитро Нестеренко. Також він веде свій блог Game Designer Notes про геймдизайн в цілому, в якому розбирає багато цікавих нюансів розробки ігор.
