NPO Mashinostroyeniya

"OKB-52" and "TsKBM" redirect here. For related design bureaus and manufacturing plants see Myasishchev and Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.
NPO Mashinostroyeniya
FormerlyOKB-52
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryDefense industry
Aerospace industry
Space industry
Founded1944
Headquarters
Reutov
,
Russia
ProductsMissiles, Ballistic missiles, Cruise missiles, Anti-ship missiles, Spacecraft, Launch vehicles
Revenue$464 million[1] (2014)
ParentTactical Missiles Corporation[2]
Websitenpomash.ru

NPO Mashinostroyeniya (Russian: НПО машиностроения, lit. 'RDA of machine manufacturing') is a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia. During the Cold War it was responsible for several major weapons systems, including the UR-100N Intercontinental ballistic missile and the military Almaz space station program.

India is Mashinostroyeniya's second largest customer after the Russian Federation for sale of P-70 Ametist, BrahMos, BrahMos-II and P-800 Oniks.

History

NPO Mashinostroyeniya was founded in 1944 to develop rockets for the Russian military. Under the leadership of cruise missile designer Vladimir Chelomey, the firm was lead developer of the Soviet Union's space satellites, cruise missiles, and intercontinental ballistic missiles.[3] Originally part of the OKB-51 design bureau, it relocated to Reutov, and from 1955 to 1966 was designated OKB-52 (and also OKB-52 MAP). OKB-52 became later known as TsKBM.

The OKB-52 was the main rival of OKB-1 (then the design bureau of Sergei Korolev, later renamed TsKBEM, today RSC Energia) during the Soviet human lunar programs and the Soviet space station program.[4]

At its peak in the mid-1980s, NPO Mashinostroyeniya employed nearly 10,000. By the mid-1980s state support for NPO was dwindling.[3] In the 1980s, the Soviet government directed NPO to develop vegetable oil processing equipment, baking industry equipment, and food storage products.[3] By 1993, Mashinostroyeniya's defense orders dwindled to one-fifth of previous levels.[3]

On July 16, 2014, the Obama administration imposed sanctions through the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) by adding NPO Mashinostroyeniya and other entities to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) in retaliation for the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.[5][6] ScarCruft and the Lazarus Group allegedly hacked company systems in 2021, according to reports published by cybersecurity firm SentinelOne.[7][8]

Spacecraft

Air launched orbital vehicles

  • 17K-AM

Crewed spacecraft

Space launched vehicles

Missiles

Anti-ship missiles

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2016/05/5716c2249a79472b85254179. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Аффилированные лица". Сетевое издание «Центр раскрытия корпоративной информации». Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Commercial Prospects For Russian Defense Firms: Profile Of A Firm In Reutov". Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS). Archived from the original on 16 April 1997. Retrieved 21 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Almaz". RussianSpaceWeb.com.
  5. ^ "Ukraine-related Sanctions; Publication of Executive Order 13662 Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List". treasury.gov. 16 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Announcement of Treasury Sanctions on Entities Within the Financial Services and Energy Sectors of Russia, Against Arms or Related Materiel Entities, and those Undermining Ukraine's Sovereignty". treasury.gov. 16 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Comrades in Arms? | North Korea Compromises Sanctioned Russian Missile Engineering Company". 7 August 2023.
  8. ^ "North Korean hackers broke into Russian missile producer's systems: R…". Archived from the original on 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)