Almaz-Antey, Air Defense Concern

OJSC Concern Air Defense "Alma-Antey" is a Russian concern that unites enterprises developing and producing weapons (air defense and missile defense). Headquarters - in Moscow.

Enterprises assembled in the concern develop, produce and modernize anti-aircraft missile and radar equipment and its components (the main sphere of the concern is air defense). In addition, the tasks of the concern include the implementation, maintenance, repair and disposal for federal state needs and foreign customers of air defense systems, complexes and means and non-strategic missile defense means.

In 1994, a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation was issued on the creation of a concern of air defense enterprises, but then it was never created.

The state concern Almaz-Antey was created by decree of the President of Russia on April 23, 2002 No. 412 on the basis of the AOT PC Concern Antey, NPO Almaz and some other enterprises.

In 2004, it became known as the modern name - Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern OJSC. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1009 of August 4, 2004, it was included in the number of strategic defense enterprises.

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History

2023

Investing 37 billion rubles in the development of the former Toyota plant in St. Petersburg

Concern VKO Almaz-Antey"" invests 35-37 billion rubles in preparation for the production of trucks for civilian needs and electric vehicles at the former enterprise Toyota in. St. Petersburg We are talking about the Obukhov plant. Its general director Mikhail Garter spoke about the planned investments in the former Toyota site. More. here

Creation together with Rostec of a joint venture in the field of information security

and Rostec State Corporation the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern are creating a joint venture in the region. information security The parties, through specialized subsidiaries, became part of the shareholders of the company, Altius Lab which will deal with countering to cyber threats and increasing the level of information and technological security of facilities, transport infrastructure countries primarily in the field of air traffic management. Representatives of Rostec reported this TAdviser on April 17, 2023. More. here

2022

Start of serial production of civilian drones

Concern East Kazakhstan region "Almaz-Antey" has begun serial production of multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles in St. Petersburg. The Obukhov plant became the production site of the project. This was announced on October 24, 2022.

According to the press service of the concern, during November the company plans to assemble the first 400 quadcopters. By the end of 2022, the plant should collect about a thousand drones.

Production of civilian drones started in St. Petersburg

The project was developed as part of a program to diversify production at enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC), the company noted.

Experts have included in the development the most popular functionality, which is understandable even to novice users. The production uses carbon, filled polymers and other modern materials of domestic production.

The devices can be launched in strong winds and in frost. Almost all components of the product, including the flight controller along with its software, were created and manufactured by St. Petersburg enterprises of the Almaz-Antey East Kazakhstan concern.

Quadcopters will be supplied with replaceable batteries, a tablet with software, a control panel, spare blades and other necessary parts.

St. Petersburg drones will go on sale by the end of 2022. By October 24, 2022, you can pre-order. The manufacturer promises that the drone will be significantly cheaper than its foreign counterparts.

On October 14, 2022, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia will have to establish the production of unmanned aerial vehicles of various types. According to Medvedev, this task is due to the fact that the use of UAVs as part of a special military operation in Ukraine is a need that has proven its effectiveness in modern conflicts.^[1]

Delay in receiving $1 billion for products delivered abroad

In March 2022, the financial director of Almaz-Anthea, Rustam Ulumbekov, said that the concern could not receive payment of about $1 billion for products supplied abroad.

2021: Opening of the medical equipment development center of East Kazakhstan region "Medprom" in St. Petersburg

On March 18, 2021, the Almaz-Antey East Kazakhstan concern opened a medical research and production complex in St. Petersburg - the Medprom East Kazakhstan region. This site will be used to develop and collect prototypes of medical equipment. Read more here.

Performance indicators

2019: 15th in the world with $9.47 billion in revenue

In 2019, the Almaz-Antey concern, which produces, among other things, S-300, S-400 and S-500 installations, as well as Buk complexes, lost 2% of sales. With a total revenue of $9.47 billion, the largest developer of air defense and missile defense systems rolled from 12th to 15th place in the SIPRI rating.

2014: World No. 11 with $8.8 billion in revenue

At the end of 2014, the company took 11th place in the list of 100 leading world arms manufacturers prepared by the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI). Arms sales of the enterprise in 2014 amounted to $8,840 million^[2]

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