NPO Almaz
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| Company type | Joint stock company |
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| Industry | radiotechnics |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
Key people | Vitaly Neskorodov,General Director (since February 2011) Pavel Sozinov,General Designer (since February 2011) |
| Products | Anti-aircraft defence systems,Missiles |
| Revenue | 55,165,100,000 Russian ruble (2017) |
| Parent | Almaz-Antey |
| Subsidiaries | NIEMI,NIIRP,MNIIRE AltairandMNIIPAscientific & research centers. |
| Website | www |
JSCNPO Almaz named after A.A. Raspletin(Russian:ГСКБ Концерна ПВО "Алмаз-Антей",formerSB-1,1947–1950;KB-1,1950–1966;MKB Strela,1966–1971;TsKB Almaz,1971–1988;NPO Almaz,1988–2008;GSKB Almaz-Antey,2008–2015) is aSoviet/Russian militaryR&Denterprise founded in 1947. It is the core of theAlmaz-Anteyholding. Headquarters – Moscow,Leningradsky av.,80.
History
[edit]The company is named after its chief designerAleksandr Andreyevich Raspletin.
Since 1955, KB-1 developed suchair defencemissile systems as theS-25 Berkut,S-75 Dvina,S-125 Neva/Pechora,S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna,S-300,S-400 Triumf,S-300PMU,S-300PMU2, andS-350E Vityaz.
On 30 November 2009, the board of directors of Almaz-Antey voted to reorganize the joint-stock companiesNIEMI,NIIRP,MNIIRE AltairandMNIIPA,merging them with NPO Almaz to form GSKB joint venture. GSKB became the head R&D arm of Almaz-Antey holdings, becoming its Head SystemDesign Bureau(Russian:ГСКБ, Головное системное конструкторское бюро).
NIIRP scientific & research center is developing the Joint system of air and ballistic missile defense (Russian:ЕС ЗРО ПВО-ПРО). Earlier, NIIRP successfully developed theA-135BMD system together with Amur-P multi-channel firing system which were put into operation to protect Moscow on 17 February 1995. NIIRP had previously designed theA-35and A-35M BMD systems, which defended Moscow from 1977 until the full deployment of the A-135.
In February 2011, it was announced that the firstS-500 missile systemsshould be in serial production by 2014. There will be also a version of the system called S-1000.
Current product line
[edit]- Area and object air defence
- S-125 Neva/Pechora
- S-400 Triumf missile system
- S-300PMU2Favorit missile system
- S-300Pmissile system and modifications
- Land forces air defence (by NIEMI scientific & research center)
- Antey-2500missile system
- S-300Vmissile system
- Tor-M2E short-range missile system
- 55Zh6M Nebo M and UME three-band anti-stealth radar[1][2]
- Ship-based air defence (by MNIIRE Altair scientific & research center)
- Shtil-1multi-channel ship-based middle-range missile system
- S-300FRif-Mship-based missile system
- Klinokship-based missile system
- 3M-47Gibka,the ship turret launcher
- Podzagolovok-24E – Basic Collective Mutual Interference Avoidance System (ship-based electromagnetic compatibility electronic equipment)
- Moskit-E, Moskit-MVE missile system
- Automated control systems (by MNIIPA scientific & research center)
- Baikal-1ME
- Krim-KTE
- Universal-1E
- Fundament-2E
References
[edit]- ^Miroslav Gyürösi (14 October 2013)."NNIIRT develops new dual-frequency early warning radar".Jane's Information Group. Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2014.
- ^Carlo Kopp and Bill Sweetman. "New Russian Airpower Efforts Show Progress"Aviation Week & Space Technology,19 June 2012.Archive
External links
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- Official site of GSKB Almaz-Antey(in Russian)
- Official site of Almaz-Antey(in English)
- NPO Almaz at Globalsecurity.org
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