Competitiveness of innovative projects of the defense industry enterprises: essence and content of concept

As several decades ago, the defense industry is a driving force of economic development of the Russian Federation. For many years conversion has provided an overflow of innovative development from defense industry in various branches of national economy. The results of researches in the form end products are necessary, first of all, for maintenance of defense of the state capability, development of the civil sphere of economy, sale in the world market products of a military and dual purpose. The most important tool of a sustainable development of defense industry is the innovative project. Today the defensive industry enterprises realize a number of the difficult innovative projects directed towards modernization of branch and state performance programs. One of the innovative project characteristics is its competitiveness as competitive projects possess a necessary set of features, in particular, high degree of reliability and high quality. The terms of implementation state defensive order, the nomenclature and various parameters of the made production depend on innovative projects efficiency. In turn, its productivity, ability to satisfy the needs of state customer and buyers of defense industry complex production abroad, introduction of possibility in various branches of domestic national economy depend on innovative project competitiveness. At the initial stage of research, the question of innovative projects role in the Russian economy development is raised. The list of features of the defense industry enterprises is provided. The points of view on the content “innovation” are investigated; signs of the considered term are presented. On the features basis of the defensive industry enterprises, the author's interpretation of the concepts “innovative project” and “innovative project competitiveness” is offered. The approaches to the concept “competitiveness” reflecting essence and content of the considered category are systematized and the description is provided. The circle of the factors having direct impact on the level of innovative projects competitiveness at the enterprises of defense industry is allocated, their division into internal and external groups is offered. The conclusion about their influence on speed, time, productivity and cost of implementation of the innovative project is drawn.