Industry Aerospace & Defense Website www.almaz-antey.ru Number of employees 98,100 | Profit 12.7 bn rub. (2013) Headquarters Moscow, Russia Founded 2002 | |
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Type Open Joint Stock Company Key people Vladislav Vladimirovich Menshikov (General Director, Anatoly Ivanovich Sabin (Head of Research) Revenue 272.1 bn roubles (2013) Subsidiaries GSKB Almaz-Antey, Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design, NMZ, KB SM, NIIIP Parent organization Federal Agency for State Property Management | ||
JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" (Russian: ОАО "Концерн ВКО "Алмаз-Антей"») 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-aircraft defence systems. The organisation is headquartered in Moscow and is the world's 12th-largest defence contractor measured by 2013 defence revenues. In 2013, Almaz-Antey had arms sales of $8.33 billion.
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The Almaz-Antey group produce air defense systems, firearms for aircraft and armored vehicles, artillery shells and surface-to-surface missiles, airspace surveillance and coordination and artillery radars. The Group also manufacture civilian products such as navigation systems, air traffic systems, civil airtraffic- and weather radars, sewage cleaning systems, ventilation valves for nuclear power plants, and plastic packaging for cosmetics and food products.
In February 2015 the President of Russia signed a Decree to rename JSC Concern PVO "Almaz-Antey" to Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey", and to increase its capitalization. 'PVO' means Protivo-Vozdushnaya Oborona - air defence forces, the Russian name for the Soviet Air Defence Forces branch of the Soviet and Russian military. 'VKO' (or BKO), the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, was the branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsible for air and missile defence, and the operation of Russian military satellites and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. In August 2015, the Russian Aerospace Forces was created, and includes both the Air Force, and the Aerospace Defence Forces.
Foundation
Almaz-Antey was founded in 2002 by Presidential Decree 412 of the Russian President.
In 2003 the Director General of Almaz-Antey, Igor Klimov was shot dead. A criminal investigation found his death was linked to a property revision inside the company.
The current Board is headed by Viktor Ivanov, Director General; Vladislav Menshikov, Chief Designer; and Anatoly Savin.
Structure
Almaz-Antey includes 46 enterprises and scientific research institutes:
The Concern's structural optimization process continues with the inclusion of the following enterprises (since 2007):
Total net profit of Almaz-Antey is 1.7 bn roubles (2004), total gain of 38.2 bn rub.
In February 2015 the President of Russia signed a Decree to rename JSC Concern PVO "Almaz-Antey" to Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey", and to increase its capitalization. 'PVO' means Protivo-Vozdushnaya Oborona - air defence forces, the Russian name for the Soviet Air Defence Forces branch of the Soviet and Russian military. 'VKO' (or BKO), the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, was the branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsible for air and missile defence, and the operation of Russian military satellites and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. In August 2015, the Russian Aerospace Forces was created, and includes both the Air Force, and the Aerospace Defence Forces.
The concern included several more enterprises like JSC Special Purpose Space Systems Corporation 'Cometa' and JSC Central Scientific and Research Institute of Radiotechnics named after Academician A.I. Berg