Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (russian: Концерн Радиоэлектронные технологии, КРЭТ (KRET)) is a
holding company
A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...
within the Russian state-owned
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 that develops and manufactures military specialized radio-electronic, state identification, aviation and radio-
electronic equipment
The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...
, multi-purpose measuring devices, detachable electrical connectors and a variety of civil products.
The Corporate Group has developed one of the two existing state radiolocation identification systems.
Structure
Companies of the holding:
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Research and Production Company RITM
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JSC Automatics
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Bryansk Electromechanical Plant
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Vladykinsky Mechanical Plant
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All-Russian Scientific Research Institute Gradient
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State Ryazan Instrument Plant
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Zhigulevsky Radio Plant
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Engineering support of tests Takeoff
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Kazan Instrument-Making Design Bureau
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Kaluga Plant of Radio Engineering Equipment
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Kaluga Research Radio Engineering Institute
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Design Bureau of the plant Russia
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Design Bureau for Radio Monitoring, Navigation and Communication
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Concern Avionika
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Aerospace Equipment Corporation
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Phazotron
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Kursk Plant Mayak
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MKB Compass
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Moscow Institute of Electromechanics and Automation
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Moscow Radio Plant TEMP
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Scientific Research Institute Ekran
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Research Institute of Aviation Equipment
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Research Institute for the Development of Connectors and Specialty Electronics Products
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Scientific-Production Association Kvant
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Scientific Production Association Radioelectronics Shimko
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Scientific-Production Enterprise Izmeritel
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Scientific-Production Enterprise ElTom
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Nizhny Novgorod Research and Production Association named after MV Frunze
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Experimental Design Bureau Electroautomatics named after PA Efimov
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Radium
Radium is a chemical element with the symbol Ra and atomic number 88. It is the sixth element in group 2 of the periodic table, also known as the alkaline earth metals. Pure radium is silvery-white, but it readily reacts with nitrogen (rat ...
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Radiopribor
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Ramensky Instrument Making Plant
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Rostov Plant Pribor
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Special Design Bureau of Radio Measuring Equipment
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Taganrog Scientific Research Institute of Communications
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Ulyanovsk Instrument Making Design Bureau
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Ural Instrument Making Plant
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Ufimskoe Instrument-Making Production Association
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FNPTS NNIPI Quartz
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Fazotron-VMZ
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Almetyevsky Plant Radiopribor
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Aeropribor-Voskhod
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Kazan Scientific and Research Technological Institute of Computer Engineering
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Design Bureau of Industrial Automation
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OJSC Microtechnology
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Research Institute of Special Information and Measuring Systems
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Scientific - Production center SAPSAN
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Scientific and technical center of the system and means of state recognition
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JSC Lever
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Bryansk special design bureau
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Stavropol Radio Plant Signal
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Tambov Plant Elektropribor
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Techpribor
US sanctions
On July 16, 2014, the
Obama administration
Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican ...
imposed
sanctions through the
US Department of Treasury
The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and t ...
's
Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the U.S. Treasury Department. It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy o ...
(OFAC) by adding Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies and other entities to the
Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) in retaliation for the ongoing
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since February 2014. Following Ukraine's Rev ...
,
annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the
Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (Ru ...
, and the
Russian interference in Ukraine.
Despite that, in 2020 KRET participated in a Russian medical aid delivery during the
coronavirus pandemic in New York. Delivering its medical equipment like very need
ventilator
A ventilator is a piece of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. Ventilators ...
s to the US, with reports claiming that the Russian aid was partly paid by the US and the
RDIF
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is Russia's sovereign wealth fund established in 2011 by the Russian government to make investments in companies of high-growth sectors of the Russian economy. Its mandate is to co-invest alongside the ...
. Officials from the US administration replied that sanctions aren't applied for medical supply.
Communications Equipment for Russian Forces
United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation of KRET/Rostec is producing fifth-generation Rostec
R-168-5UN-2 Military-Transceiver. The VHF band radio with GPS data transmit ability and a digital crypto system and an output power of 8 Watt.
References
External links
Official website
{{Portalbar, Companies, Russia
Technology companies of Russia
Defence companies of Russia
Russian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions