The Institute operates a Center of Competence specializing in the development of artificial intelligence technologies. The Center includes a Special-Purpose Digital Systems Laboratory engaged in the development of computer vision systems. The laboratory's partners include russian manufacturers of weapons systems used in the war against Ukraine, namely the High Precision Systems holding company of the Rostec State Corporation and its subsidiary, the Academician A. G. Shipunov Instrument Making Design Bureau.
The partners of the Institute's educational program "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" include the Almaz-Antey Concern, the Ural Civil Aviation Plant, and the Kronshtadt Group.
The Institute carries out research and development (R&D) activities under the federal project "Advanced Technologies for Unmanned Aircraft Systems", focusing on the development of power supply systems, an integrated inertial-satellite navigation system, and a neural network-based optical navigation system for UAVs.
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) is also part of a consortium of russian institutions engaged in training specialists for russia's defense-industrial complex.
In July 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense included the Institute on the list of institutions engaged in activities that pose a threat to U.S. national security interests and imposed a ban on cooperation with MIPT and the funding of any programs or research involving the Institute or its employees.