Fundamental and applied investigations — foundation of innovative cosmic technologies

This article describes the process of innovative technologies production and its connection with fundamental scientific research. The structure of fundamental, look-ahead and searching investigations is considered here. The cosmic sector is characterized to be one of the most important factors in the technological progress. The special attention is given to the cooperation of Samara State University and the «CSKB–Progress». Some innovative investigations, headed by N. V. Latukhina, A. V. Bulanova, A. N. Komov, are explicitly discussed in the article.