Metrological support of end-to-end technologies of the sixth technological set-up: directions of development
Authors: Chirkov A. P. 
Published: June 2024

The issues of metrological support for measurements performed using end-to-end technologies, namely the formation of a metrological infrastructure corresponding to the needs of technologies of the sixth technological set-up, are considered. As a result of the research, mechanisms for determining the directions of development of the metrological infrastructure for the introduction and use of innovative technologies that determine the future of the economy of the Russian Federation are proposed. It is noted that the concept of end-to-end technologies appeared in official documents in the Russian Federation in 2017, however, the topic of infrastructure provision of end-to-end technologies has not been widely discussed. This fact, as well as the importance of timely and effective infrastructural support for the new technological policy of the Russian Federation, became one of the reasons for the completed study. The issues of increasing the importance of end-to-end technologies in the development of the economy of the Russian Federation, the use of patterns of development of metrological infrastructure for the timely modernization of the reference base that meets the requirements of innovative technologies of the sixth technological set-up, the issues of directions for the development of metrological infrastructure taking into account the measuring needs of end-to-end technologies were discussed. The positive results of the verification of the patterns of development of the reference base of the measurement uniformity system identified in 2019 by the author of this article are presented and the directions of application of these patterns for metrological support of measurements of end-to-end technologies are shown. As a result of processing official statistical data in the field of metrology for the period 2005–2023 (the period of the origin of the sixth technological set-up), taking into account the patterns of development of the fourth and fifth technological setups, the importance of metrological support for measurements performed using end-to-end technologies is justified. The analysis of the development of the most important components of the metrological infrastructure within the framework of technological structures made it possible to identify the main directions of development of the reference base, the base of measuring equipment, as well as organizations, institutions and enterprises of the metrological infrastructure. The expediency of using the reference base necessary for metrological support of measurements of end-to-end technologies, patterns of development of metrological infrastructure within technological structures as a mechanism for determining the directions of development is substantiated. The results of the performed research can be used in the formation of the next Strategy for ensuring the uniformity of measurements for the period coinciding with the beginning of the dominance of the sixth technological set-up, in the training of personnel in the field of metrology, who will work in the conditions of the new sixth technological set-up, and at enterprises developing innovative products using end-to-end technologies.