The industrial potential of science-intensive machine-building sectors, namely, instrument-making, electrical engineering, radio engineering, electronic and optomechanical, is an integrated system of production enterprises, research and development and designing organizations. These subsectors managed to maintain a world technological level and most fully correspond to the economic environment of the country since they are oriented at using highly skilled labor, engineering manpower and research, engineering and innovation potential.

The instrument-making industry specializes in manufacture of instruments and instrumentation and control systems, aircraft flight and navigation equipment, antilock brake systems and other instruments.

The radioelectronic and optomechanical industries promoted development of new competitive lines of production. In particular, the commercial production of submicron technology-based integrated microcircuits has been started. Within the framework of joint Belarus-Russia programs, the Scientific and Production Association Integral continues developing and manufacturing specialized technological equipment for fabrication 0.5-0.25 μm very large-scale integrated circuits and a range of state-of-the-art controlled shaping-based equipment for production of new-generation mechanooptical and optoelectronic devices.

In the period of 2006-2010, these subsectors’ enterprises will continue developing and pioneering a range of specialized computers with special-purpose modules, data security, uninterruptible power supply and microsensor systems. The software/hardware is to be further developed and produced for automatic exchanges, wire and wireless communication systems for digital data transmission and data security.

In addition to production of industrial products, Belarus is the largest manufacturer of specific types of consumer goods. Horizont and Vityaz TV sets and also Atlant refrigerators are well-known beyond the country’s borders.

A number of governmental and scientific/technical programs are being implemented aimed at developing and pioneering new industrial products and consumer goods being in demand and also at improving the quality and competitiveness of the existing products that would promote the export, creation of new jobs and more efficient use of the available production capacities.