THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO COMPREHENSIVE COST ASSESSMENT OF CERTIFICATION FOR DEFENSE PRODUCTS AND MECHANIZED DEMINING EQUIPMENT

The relevance of the certification and conformity assessment of defense goods and mechanized demining equipment is due to the gradual harmonization of management systems in accordance with EU and NATO standards. The experience of the established practice of NATO member states provides for the assessment of compliance (certification) of defense goods with the established requirements, based on the results of which the manufacturer receives a certificate of compliance. Achieving interoperability with partner states in terms of armaments, military and special equipment requires a solution to the issue of mutual recognition of the results of conformity assessment (certification) of defense goods. A systematic analysis of the forms and methods of conformity assessment, a study of pricing methods for goods, services, financial and economic analysis and analysis of the legal framework for assessment (certification) of defense goods was carried out. The study of organizational and economic approaches to the determination of the cost of certification works and assessment of compliance, the main financial and economic indicators necessary for the preparation of methods for determining the cost of certification works made it possible to obtain a methodology for the complex assessment of the cost of certification works, which includes methodological approaches for determining labor intensity, determining the cost of certification work, determination of the cost of the work of the involved freelance personnel and the cost of the conducted tests. A financial and economic analysis and research of organizational and economic approaches to pricing of defense goods and demining machines have been made. The development of methodical approaches to the calculation of labor intensity and cost of certification works will simplify the work of certification bodies in the military sphere. The specified technique can be used to calculate the cost of certification of defense goods and demining machines.