The state enterprise the Arsenal plant is leading enterprise of the optical and optical-electronic industry of Ukraine. The Arsenal plant has more than 50 years' experience of creation and production of optic and optical-electronic instruments and the systems of military and civil appointment (the systems of orientation, devices of aiming, homing, observation, measurement, the analysis and photography).
All space starts of the former USSR and Russia are provided using the optical-electronic systems of orientation made by the Arsenal plant. At land trial of astronauts the complex of simulators of an external visual situation developed on Arsenal in the seventies by the XX article which create complete illusion of maneuvering and control of the spaceship is used. The simulators manufactured at the plant complete the modeling stands and exercise machines, including for the Mir station and the Snow-storm spaceship.
Recently Arsenal developed production of road traffic lights on light-emitting diodes, optical-electronic devices for medicine. Besides, one of priority activities of the enterprise is production of high-precision metering devices of gas today.