Antey Concern () was a defense industry company based in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, Russia. In 2002 it was merged with

NPO Almaz JSC NPO Almaz named after A.A. Raspletin (, former SB-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 a Soviet/Russian military R&D enterprise foun ...

to form

Almaz-Antey JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" () is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular, the developers of anti-airc ...

. The Antey Concern specialized in the production of high-performance

surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...

systems and sophisticated radio-engineering products. Antey produced the

S-300V The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of long-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the former Soviet Union. It was produced by NPO Almaz for the Soviet Air Defence Forces to defend against air raids and cruise ...

(SA-12) long-range anti-aircraft, anti-missile system and the Tor (

SA-15 The Tor (; ) is an all-weather, low-to medium-altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and short-range external ballistics, ballistic threats ( ...

) short-range battlefield system. Antey also specialized in the development and production of commercial refrigeration equipment, domestic radio electronic devices, and consumer goods. The Concern comprised two scientific research institutes and several large plants, including the

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(NIIEhM) and a machinery production plant in

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( Volzhskprodmash) that specialized in a wide range of refrigeration installations. Antey also reportedly included a co-located plant that produced printed circuits and other electronic products on an experimental scale.

History

NPO Antey at the time of its creation in 1983 consisted of three enterprises: * Scientific Research Electromechanical Institute (Moscow) * Strela Research Institute (Tula) * Arsenal Plant (Tula) In 1988 the NPO Antey already included nine enterprises, including the

Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant JSC Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant or IEMZ Kupol for short () is a Russian military R&D enterprise founded in 1957. It is located in Izhevsk (3 Pesochnaya str).GlobalSecurity.orgIEMZ Kupol/ref> It is part of the state-owned Almaz-Antey holdin ...

and the Mari Machine-Building Plant. In 1991 due to changes in legislation the NPO Antey was transformed into the Antey Concern. By Decree of the Government of Russia dated December 01, 1994 No.1309, on the basis of the Antey Concern, it was created OJSC Industrial company Antey Concern with the consolidation of 100% of its shares in federal ownership. The group already consisted of fifteen enterprises. В 2002 году была начата реализация ФЦП «Реформирование и развитие оборонно-промышленного комплекса (2002—2006 годы)», в основу которой положено образование вертикально-интегрированных структур из числа предприятий оборонно-промышленного комплекса России. In 2002,the Federal Target Program "Reforming and Development of the military-industrial complex (2002-2006)" was launched, which is based on the formation of vertically integrated structures from among the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No.412 dated April 23, 2002, JSC Industrial Company Concern Antey was further expanded by merging with

and other enterprises and renamed

Almaz-Antey Corporation JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" () is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular, the developers of anti-airc ...

. It includes forty-six industrial and research enterprises and organizations.

References

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