NPO Mashinostroyeniye
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NPO mashinostroyeniya is a rocket design bureau based in Reutov
Reutov
Reútov is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: 50,200 .In 2007, Reutov was named one of the best places to live in the Russian Federation in the category of small towns with a population of fewer than 100,000 people....

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. During the cold war it was responsible for several major weapons systems, including the SS-19 Intercontinental ballistic missile
Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a long range typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery...

.

NPO mashinostroyeniya was founded in 1944, under the leadership of Vladimir Chelomei
Vladimir Chelomei
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey was a Soviet mechanics scientist and rocket engineer from Ukraine.-Early life:Chelomey was born in Siedlce, Russian Empire into a Ukrainian family...

 who directed till his death in 1984. 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).

India is NPO's second largest customer after Russia for sale of P-70 Ametist, BrahMos
BrahMos
BrahMos is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between Republic of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace...

, P-800 Oniks
P-800 Oniks
The P-800 Oniks for export markets; "Oniks" is onyx, and "Yakhont" is ruby or sapphire in English) is a Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of P-80 Zubr. Its GRAU designation is 3M55...

 and possibly the P-500 Bazalt

See also

  • UR-100
    UR-100
    The UR-100 was an intercontinental ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1996. УР in its designation stands for "универсальная ракета"...

  • Proton satellite
    Proton satellite
    The Proton was a model of Soviet scientific artificial satellites. The maximum mass was about 17 tonnes. Four "Protons" were launched between 1965 and 1968. The satellite was developed by NPO Mashinostroyenia...

  • KSShch
  • P-70 Ametist (NATO codename: SS-N-7 "Starbright")
  • P-120 Malakhit (NATO codename: SS-N-9 Siren)
  • P-500 Bazalt (NATO codename: SS-N-12 Sandbox)
  • P-700 Granit
    P-700 Granit
    The P-700 Granit is a Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship cruise missile. Its GRAU designation is 3M45, its NATO reporting name SS-N-19 Shipwreck...

     (NATO codename: SS-N-19 Shipwreck)
  • P-800 Oniks
    P-800 Oniks
    The P-800 Oniks for export markets; "Oniks" is onyx, and "Yakhont" is ruby or sapphire in English) is a Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of P-80 Zubr. Its GRAU designation is 3M55...

     (NATO codename: SS-N-26)
  • BrahMos
    BrahMos
    BrahMos is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between Republic of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace...

  • 10Kh
    10Kh
    10Kh was the designation for the initial series of Soviet Union air-launched pulse jet engine powered cruise missiles, reverse engineered from the Fieseler Fi 103 flying bomb...


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