NPP Start - Start Machine-Building Design Bureau (russian: НПП «Старт») is a company based in
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
, Russia. It is part of the
Technodinamika
Technodinamika, JSC ''russian: АО Технодинамика'' ("Technodynamics") was established in 2009 in order to promote development, production and export of high-technology products for civil aviation markets. Originally established as Av ...
holding (
Rostec
Rostec ( rus, Ростех, p=, r=Rostekh), officially the State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology Industrial Product Rostec (russian: Государственная корпорация по ...
group).
The Start Machine Building Design Bureau was a leading center for the design of launchers and ground support equipment for missiles and aircraft. The plant began to transition to civil production after the
RK-55
The Novator RK-55 ''Relief'' (russian: РК-55 Рельеф 'Relief'; NATO: SSC-X-4 'Slingshot'; GRAU: 3K12) is a Russian land-based and submarine-launched cruise missile with a nuclear warhead developed in the Soviet Union. It was about to enter ...
(SSC-X-4) cruise missile, for which Start designed the launchers, was eliminated under the
INF Treaty in the late 1980s.
Today, Start offers a wide range of military and civilian products and services. Civil products include aircraft body parts, aviation fueling equipment, food processing equipment, conveyor machinery, and sports equipment. Services include rocket test facilities and waste recycling. Start is affiliated with the
Scientific Research Institute of Machine Building in
Nizhnyaya Salda
Nizhnyaya Salda (russian: Ни́жняя Салда́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River ( Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was founded in 176 ...
.
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References
External links
Official website
Manufacturing companies based in Yekaterinburg
Technodinamika
Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Ministry of General Machine-Building (Soviet Union)
Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union
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