OJSC Dolgoprudnenskoye Scientific Production Plant (also translated as Dolgoprudny Research Production Enterprise, ) or DNPP for short is a Soviet/Russian designer and mass producer of

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 ...

s located in the city of

Dolgoprudny Dolgoprudny (, ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about north of Moscow city center. The town's name is derived from Russian "" (''dolgy prud'', lit. "long pond")—a long and narrow pond situated in the northeastern part of the town. ...

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. Currently, it's producing SAMs for land-based

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systems ( Buk-M1-2 for example) and its naval version (Shtil-1). It also develops and produces devices for the automatic launching and flight control of the missiles. It is served by a branch line of the

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- Savyolovo railway with frequent cargo trains departing Mark station bound to and from the factory.

History

Founded at the end of 1931 inside the structure of Chief Department of Glavvozdukhflot under the name of Dirigiblestroy for the means of producing the

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s. In 1951 it changed the name to Dolgoprudny Machine-building Plant ( or DMZ. At that time the first SAMs were designed and produced. Since 1960 DNPP is specializing in

system. In 1992 enterprise finished

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of its shares. Since 2002 DNPP joined

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 ...

(49.34% shares of DNPP to Almaz-Antey).

Production

The missile 9M38M1 for the 9K37M1 Buk-M1 was designed by the DNPP. Its peak velocity is Mach 3.5. The 9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2 (SA-17) combines this missile and the newer 9M317, also designed at DNPP.Keeping the Skies Clear
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Owners

JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" — 56.7976 % of shares

Notable employees

Vasily Ektov, Chief designer (1995—2013)

References

External links

* http://www.dnpp.biz/ official page

at RusNavy.com * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080621155211/http://www.almaz-antey.ru/pred.php?id=24 DNPPon

website 1931 establishments in Russia Almaz-Antey Defence companies of the Soviet Union Research institutes in the Soviet Union Companies based in Moscow Oblast Companies formerly listed on the Moscow Exchange Golden Idea national award winners {{Russia-company-stub