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    Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company (NPO) based near Moscow, mostly known for their air-to-air missiles. Other projects include SAM...
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    R-73 (missile) (redirect from Vympel R-73)
    The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984. The R-73 was...
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    only) Vympel NPO R-37 (AA-13 Arrow) long range air-to-air missile Vympel NPO R-33 (AA-9 Amos) long range air-to-air missile Vympel NPO R-77 (AA-12 Adder)...
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  • several surface-to-air missile design bureaus in Russia, including MKB Fakel, NPO Novator, and DNPP. The MKB Fakel design bureau is located in Khimki Moscow...
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    R-33 (missile) (redirect from Vympel R-33)
    reporting name: AA-9 Amos) is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel. It is the primary armament of the MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack...
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    R-37 (missile) (redirect from Vympel R-37)
    The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 "Axehead") is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also...
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    R-77 (redirect from Vympel R-77)
    The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known...
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    K-13 (missile) (redirect from Vympel K-13)
    The Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in...
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    Kh-23 Grom (category Vympel NPO products)
    the K-51 (RS-2-US) carried by the Su-9 'Fishpot'. OKB-4 Molniya (later Vympel NPO) under Matus Bisnovat would go on to produce missiles such as the AA-6...
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    ABM-1 Galosh (category Vympel NPO products)
    Designer K. B. Kisunko. Further designs and development were moved to TsNPO Vympel. Radar systems were tested with Duna-3 single direction search radar and...
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    The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the late Cold War-era. It remains...
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    Scientific Production Organizations (Научно-производственное объединение) (NPO). There were some attempts to merge them in the 1990s, and there were widespread...
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    times. Structure of the holding: Vympel NPO MKB Raduga Region SSPE NPO Mashinostroyeniya PO Strela PZ Mashinostroitel NPO Electromechanics Avangard UNIIKM...
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    then called the SD-10 – emerged in 2001. Development was assisted by Vympel NPO and Agat of Russia. Liang Xiaogeng is believed to have been the chief...
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    R-40 (missile) (category Vympel NPO products)
    The Bisnovat (later Molniya then Vympel) R-40 (NATO reporting name AA-6 'Acrid') is a long-range air-to-air missile developed in the 1960s by the Soviet...
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    R-60 (missile) (category Vympel NPO products)
    The Molniya (now Vympel) R-60 (NATO reporting name: AA-8 "Aphid") is a short-range lightweight infrared homing air-to-air missile designed for use by Soviet...
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  • such a system now.” On 4 October 2019, Sergei Boyev, director general of Vympel NPO, a major weapons manufacturer in Russia, confirmed to Russia's state-run...
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    R-23 (missile) (redirect from Vympel r-24)
    The Vympel R-23 (NATO reporting name AA-7 Apex) is a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel in the Soviet Union for fighter aircraft. An updated...
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  • experimental design bureau responsible for the Molniya R-60 and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles NPO Molniya, a Soviet design bureau responsible for the Shuttle...
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  • in 1990 by the two enterprises of Russian military–industrial complex: NPO Vympel and NII Radiopriborostroyeniye. Conducting an applied researches in the...
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  • company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular...
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  • Kh-29 (category Vympel NPO products)
    only air-to-ground munition, but when they moved exclusively to space work Vympel took over development of the Kh-29. The first firing of the missile took...
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  • Orenburg and Yeniseysk. On 4 October 2019, Sergei Boyev, director general of Vympel NPO, a major weapons manufacturer in Russia, confirmed to Russia's state-run...
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    the development of the PAK FA's avionics suite. In April 2004, NPO Lyulka-Saturn (now NPO Saturn) was signed as the contractor for the AL-41F1 engines with...
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    fins have also been used on conventional missiles and bombs such as the Vympel R-77 air-to-air missile; the 3M-54 Klub (SS-N-27 Sizzler) family of cruise...
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    R-4 (missile) (category Vympel NPO products)
    The Bisnovat (later Molniya) R-4 (NATO reporting name AA-5 'Ash') was an early Soviet long-range air-to-air missile. It was used primarily as the sole...
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    ended. The buildings were then re-purposed for more modest laser systems. Vympel NPO led the construction and developed the tracking and aiming systems. The...
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    tested a new missile defence system in Sary Shagan. In the 1970s the Vympel NPO, Geofizika, Phazotron, MNIIRE Altair, others; built the Terra-3 laser...
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    caterpillar chassis as well as tracked vehicles. JSC "Vympel Shipbuilding Plant" – JSC "Vympel Shipbuilding Plant" produces civilian, military, and utility...
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    range gas turbines, electronics radiotronics (NPO Luch), Kalashnikov Pella Rybinsk shipyard Euroyachting, Vympel Shipyard, and a hydroelectric power station...
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