OJSC Dolgoprudnenskoye Scientific Production Plant (also translated as Dolgoprudny Research Production Enterprise, russian: Долгопрудненское научно-производственное предприятие) 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 to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...

s located in the city of Dolgoprudny,

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

. Currently, it's producing SAMs for land-based air defence 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 Moscow - Savyolovo railway with frequent cargo trains departing Mark station bound to and from the factory. Its

general director A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals'' ) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a government ...

is Gennady Ezhov and

chief designer The engineering design process is a common series of steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes. The process is highly iterative - parts of the process often need to be repeated many times before another can be entere ...

Vasily Ektov Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fro ...

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

dirigible An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air. In early ...

s. In 1951 it changed the name to Dolgoprudny Machine-building Plant (russian: Долгопрудненский машиностроительный завод or DMZ. At that time the first

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s were designed and produced. Since 1960 DNPP is specializing in air defence system. In 1992 enterprise finished public offering of its shares. Since 2002 DNPP joined

Almaz-Antey JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" (russian: link=no, 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 nat ...

(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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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