NPO Angstrem

History

2024

Voentelecom was obliged to move the terms of the contract with NPO Angstrem due to sanctions and difficulties with the supply of microcircuits

As TAdviser discovered, the City Arbitration Court Moscow in October 2024 satisfied the claim of the manufacturer of special-purpose radio communications "NPO Angstrem" against the company, in Voentelecom which the latter, as a customer, was required to postpone the delivery of equipment under a state contract due to difficulties associated with sanctions against. Russia It follows from the trial card in the Electronic Justice system^[1] that the court ordered Voentelecom to sign an additional agreement with NPO Angstrem, which acts as the executor under the agreement of November 2021, which sets a new deadline for fulfilling obligations at the end of December 2024 instead of the original deadline for August 2022.

The published decision of the Arbitration Court of the city of Moscow in this case indicates that the price of the contract for the supply of goods, due to the timing of which the proceedings in court arose, is over 2.2 billion rubles and is approximate. What kind of product we are talking about is not specified in the court decision.

At the same time, it is known from the decision that we are talking about equipment for the production of which imported components are required. For example, in accordance with the design documentation in force at the time of the conclusion of the contract, the use of components manufactured by the American Texas Instruments was supposed, analogues were not allowed.

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As of May 15, 2024, "NPO Angstrem" carried out a partial supply of products in a total of 22 units. goods and 192 sets. But due to a significant change in circumstances during the execution of the contract, NPO Angstrem was deprived of the opportunity to ensure the timely and proper fulfillment of the terms of the contract on time. This, among other things, was influenced by the impossibility of supplying foreign-made components and the ban on replacing components.

The court, when making a decision, took into account that from February 2022 to the present Ministry of Finance USA , it contributes sanctions list to Chinese and other foreign supplier companies, participating in the supply of components in. Since Russia March 2023, the US Treasury Department has introduced additional measures in the existing sanctions against persons, related to "technologies, defense and related material sectors" of Russia, and a large-scale update of the sanctions list by Chinese and other foreign supplier companies to Russia. As a result, the logistics supply chains chips of the production were violated - Texas Instruments, and (Linear Technology ON Semiconductor Corporation OnSemi), the court said.

In connection with the new circumstances, in order to fulfill the contract "NPO Angstrem" in the absence of components prohibited for import into the territory of the Russian Federation, necessary for the manufacture of goods, it was forced to build new supply chains from December 2022, look for new suppliers to ensure the supply of necessary (indispensable) components.

I also had to refine the product in order to refine the design documentation in terms of replacing microcircuits with microcircuits on the market. Changes to the design documentation were approved and archived at the end of April 2023. And before the approval of the changes in the design documentation, I still had to wait for the entry into force of the necessary GOST.

Thus, during the fulfillment of obligations to manufacture and supply products provided for by the contract, NPO Angstrem had unforeseen difficulties in purchasing and supplying imported components in the required volume for the manufacture of the delivery object, which led to a significant increase in the delivery time established by the state contract, the court states.

At the same time, NPO Angstrem took all measures dependent on it aimed at fulfilling its obligations on time, including appeals to authorized executive bodies. The court notes that the need for the supply of goods provided for by the contract in question has not disappeared.

"NPO Angstrem" first proposed to "Voentelecom" to change the terms of the contract with the appendix of the draft additional agreement providing for the extension of the deadlines for the fulfillment of obligations, which was left unsatisfied. This served as the basis for the appeal of NPO Angstrem with demands to the court.

Objecting to the satisfaction of the requirements, Voentelecom indicated that the failure to supply the equipment under the contract was due to "insufficient production capacity and qualified personnel" of NPO Angstrem involved in the serial production of the specified equipment. The company also believes that "NPO Angstrem" did not provide evidence of the impossibility of supplying part of the goods for which there was no need to purchase components from abroad, "all arguments boil down to the impossibility of purchasing components manufactured by the United States for the production and supply of other goods."

The court, however, eventually decided in favor of NPO Angstrem.

Falling under US sanctions

The company "NPO Angstrem" on October 30, 2024 fell under the blocking. sanctions USA More. here

2023: Transition under the management of Rostec

The Russian manufacturer of special-purpose radio communications NPO Angstrem came under the control of the United Instrument-Making Corporation (MIC; included in the state corporation "Rostec"). The corresponding entry in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRUL) appeared in May 2023.

RBC, citing a source, writes that the changes are related to the need to "build processes for the high-quality execution of the state defense order" and are temporary. Prior to that, the company was managed by Leonid Reiman. Rostec did not comment on the change of the executive body at the request of RBC.

The manufacturer of special-purpose radio communications NPO Angstrom came under the control of Rostec

According to the interlocutor of the publication (the article was released on May 12, 2023), several years ago the state set similar tasks for Rostec during anti-crisis measures at Uralvagonzavod and Kurganmashzavod.

Now these assets are successfully working, supplying equipment for a special military operation. In the case of NGO Angstrom, the task is more complicated, the situation and the severity of the issue is different, since there is no time, the effect is needed here and now, - said the informant.

Another publication clarified that extreme measures had to be taken due to the lack of components from the enterprise. The external control model should help in the competition, it is being introduced due to the fact that the current suppliers of the army were unable to fulfill the tasks of providing troops with communication systems, he added.

By May 2023, "[[Angstrom (group of companies)|Angstrom]" is engaged in the development and creation of radio communications, automation , information protection and software for military and special purposes. For example, the company produces portable radio stations "Azart," which provide interference and intelligence-protected classified radio communication in the tactical^[2] link^[3]

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