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Zala Aero Group of Companies has been a Russian developer and manufacturer of unmanned air systems (BVS) since 2004.

History

2023: Sanctions from the United States

On November 2, 2023, the Bureau United States Department of Commerce drones Lancet of Industry and Safety blacklisted Aeroscan (manufacturer of ZALA Aero), whose participants are subject to export restrictions in connection with their activities harmful to safety. USA In total, 12 companies from Russia and one from fell under the sanctions: Uzbekistan

• Aeroscan LLC;
• Alfacomponent LLC;
• LLC "BIK Inform";
• Hartis DV LLC;
• LLC "AiDi Resolution";
• OMP LLC;
• Orelmetallpolymer LLC;
• Spel LLC;
• Spetstekhnotrade LLC;
• NTC Orion LLC;
• Windeq Technical Center LLC;
• Mvizion from Uzbekistan (engaged in the supply of electronic components).

These companies, according to the US Department of Trade, assisted the Russian military-industrial complex, in particular, purchased or developed drones.

Zala Aero's Drone Lancet

Getting on the Entity List means an actual ban on the supply of all American technologies and goods to them that fall under US export control. Licenses for the export of such goods to these companies will be considered with the presumption of refusal (with the exception of food and medicine, where permits are possible in certain cases). In addition, the United States prohibits sanctioned companies from exporting goods from other countries if they were made using American technology.

ZALA Aero is part of the Kalashnikov concern, which has been under American sanctions since 2015, and was re-included in the sanctions lists in July 2023. Also, the head of the concern Vladimir Lepin fell under restrictions. Russia considers Western sanctions illegal. The Kremlin stressed that "even the toughest sanctions have never in any part of the world led to the fact that those countries against whom they are introduced somehow change their position."

Sanctions list from the US Department of Commerce