Almaz Antey and Space Defence Corporation at Army 2024 Forum

Almaz – Antey Air and Space Defence Corporation JSC is a general partner of the Army’2024 International military-technical forum organizers. The manufacturer will exhibit full-scale systems, mock-ups and scale models of military equipment as well as civilian products. Some of those will be on display for the first time.

Over twenty member companies in the Corporation will demonstrate their products at the Army’2024. There are three locations for the products to be exhibited. They are:

• the open area at the entrance to the ’B’ pavilion (full-scale systems, military equipment);

   

• the sector of the Russian defence industry complex inside the Corporation’s Demonstration Centre and the open area around it (full-scale systems, military and civilian equipment);

• the ’C’ pavilion (full-scale systems, civilian products, double-purpose products).

  
  At the entrance to the ’B’ pavilion, the manufacturer will showcase military equipment including long-, medium- and short-range air defence systems as well as crew training tools. The Antey-4000 long-range air defence system will be represented by the 9А83М-2Е launch vehicle, the 9А84М-1Е launch-and-reload vehicle, and a mock-up of the 9М83МE surface-to-air missile (SAM). The Antey-4000 can shoot down modern strategic and tactical aircraft (both in-service and under-development), airborne radar and target-illuminating aircraft, reconnaissance-and-strike air vehicles, loitering electronic jammers, extended-range and tactical aeroballistic and cruise missiles, as well as medium-range ballistic missiles. The system ensures reliable protection of administrative, industrial and military facilities and troop concentrations from the most dangerous means of aerial strike.

  
  The Viking air defence missile system will be presented by the 9А316МE launch vehicle, the 9С38Э target detection vehicle on tracked chassis (exhibited for the first time), a mock-up of the 9М317МЕ SAM, as well as the following training tools: a simulator of the self-propelled launch vehicle on the URAL truck chassis and containerized combat control point (CCP).

  
  The Viking SAM can show down modern strategic and tactical aircraft (both in-service and under-development), including those employing Stealth technologies, tactical ballistic and cruise missiles, helicopters, reconnaissance-and-strike air vehicles, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); it can also hit radiocontrast surface and sea-going targets. At the same time, the Vikings could operate efficiently even in conditions of enemy electronic warfare and firing counteractions.

  
  At the entrance to the ’В’ pavilion, show visitors can see combat members in the Abakan non-strategic missile defence (NSMD) system. By the count of combat members, the Abakan represents the most compact NSMD system, with [complete] automation of all combat function chains. The system does not have direct foreign analogues and is intended to shoot down tactical, extended-range, and non-strategic ballistic missiles (both in-service and under-development). Thanks to optimal technical solutions employed in the Abakan, it can supplement existing air defence systems with additional functions of non-strategic missile defence or operate independently. The Abakan will be represented by mock-ups of the 51P6Е2 launcher and the 9М82МDE long-range SAM (being one of the fastest in its class).

  
  At the entrance to the ’В’ pavilion, the show visitors can see the Tor-E2 air defence system intended for round-the-clock protection of key state and military facilities from air strikes by aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, anti-radiation and other guided munitions, winged and guided aerial bombs, as well as UAVs in the conditions of adverse weather and jamming. In less than three minutes, the crew can move the system from road-drive to ready-to-fire configuration.

  
  The show visitors who may wish to become acquainted with a wider spectrum of the Corporation’s products are advised to enter the Almaz – -Antey’s Demonstration Centre. On display here there are many models and mock-ups including those of automated control systems, long-, medium- and short-range SAMs (including those for the navy), air observation and ground reconnaissance radars, equipment for geolocation, navigation and radio meteorology, as well as repair tools.

  
  Inside the Demonstration Centre the show visitors can see scale models of the S-400 Triumph, Antey-4000, S-350 Vityaz, Viking, Buk-M2E, Thor, OSA-AKM1 air defence systems, NSMD Abakan, Tunguska-M1 and Palma anti-aircraft gun and missile (AAGM) systems, Typhoon-PVO (Typhoon-Air Defense) combat vehicle and Komar missile launcher (mount). Also, on display, there are the Kasta-VME, Podlyet-K1KE, Gamma S1ME, 55Zh6ММЕ and Aistyenok radars as well as the Sula space observation radar. Other items on display are the Baikal automated control, Fundament-ME automated means and RSP-28ME radar-aided landing systems, as well as the VIP-117M3, unified multi-radar module for radar data reading/taking out, and Redikom test-and-repair set etc.

  
  While in the open area around the Demonstration Centre, the show visitors may wish to become acquainted with the Adyutant universal targeting and training set, with its practical targets meant to simulate air-launched munitions, both in-service and under-development, such as cruise missiles and UCAVs.

  
  The Adutant’s unique feature is that it can simulate vastly different, hard-to-predict flight trajectories for practice targets, thereby challenging crews of air defence systems. The algorithms employed allow for significant complications to be made for the SAM crews as they are trying to intercept targets. This helps the crews improve their skills. The universal targeting and training set on display comes with five reusable aerial practice targets able to simulate a range of air-launched munitions, both in-service and under-development, from cruise missiles to UCAVs.

  
  The open area provides space for the display of the Fara-VR, Aistyenok, Kredo-1E and 1L277 radars, the PRP-5 reconnaissance vehicle (intended to detect enemy objects and facilitate precise firing for army artillery crews in various weather conditions) on tracked and wheeled chassis, the commander's and operator’s autonomous simulator for the Tor-E2 air defence system.

  
  Civil products are also on display in the open area around the Demonstration Centre, including TP2020-08-2,8 electric loaders, EТ2064 electric trolley, and ЭП1630 electric lift truck.

  
  The Corporation’s exposition the ’C’ pavilion is devoted to civilian and double-purpose products. These include recently developed items to do with the protection of critical objects, air traffic control and aero navigation, equipment for industrial climatic systems, 3D printing, modern casting and foundry, measuring equipment and robotic systems.

  
  The BT-1 electric robot makes a show debut at the Army 2024. The BT-1 is an unmanned vehicle intended for the transportation of various cargoes and medical evacuation of the wounded. Its maximum payload is 200 kg, the vehicle’s weight is 116 kg. The BT-1 features independent suspension and individual drive for each wheel, which helps overcome obstacles and ensures high cross-country capability. Outfitted with mission equipment, the BT-1 can be employed in the role of robotic observer.

  
  Making a show debut at the Army forums is the Mangust unmanned tracked vehicle, available in larger and smaller versions. They both can be used for the transportation of various cargoes, and inspection of road vehicle’s underside and difficult-to-reach places. Both Mangust vehicles can maintain a top speed of 15 km/h. Their weight is 15-20 and 20-25 kg respectively; payload capability is 80 and 90 kg accordingly.
  Show visitors entering the ’C’ pavilion are offered to become acquainted with Almaz-Antey’s equipment developed for the Joint Air Traffic Management System of the Russian Federation (Joint ATM System). There is a facility (equipped with a dispatcher workplace) to do with automated aero-mobility in a city. The facility is to ensure that all users enjoy equal rights with access to the sky above the city. Other tasks are to find out which users violate air space usage rules and to identify cases of non-authorized launch of various unmanned air vehicles that pose a danger to the safety of flights, population and ground objects. In this capacity, the facility acts as a connecting link between users of unmanned air vehicles and the Joint ATM System.

  
  The MIMO-RLS compact (small size) primary radar for perimeter monitoring will also be displayed inside the C pavilion, available in both mock-up and functional equipment. The MIMO-RLS provides for finding the location (measuring coordinates) of air, ground and sea-going targets, including unmanned vehicles, in all weathers. Provision is made for the radar to work in an automated mode while on accumulator battery power, in case an external power source is unavailable. Provisions are also made for remote control using wire or air connection. The MIMO-RLS can handle object tracking in real-time.

  
  Among other exhibits, there are the Sova reconnaissance radar for observation of land surface (in the form of operable equipment) and the Sarych radar mock-up.

  
  The show visitors entering the C Pavilion will be able to see mock-ups of cooling systems for industrial applications, operable conditioners (climatic systems) for specialized road vehicles, railway and mono-rail transports, ventilation equipment for shipbuilding etc.

  
  On the eve of the Army’2024, Almaz–Antey general director Yan Novikov said that the Corporation will take up this opportunity to demonstrate, in a manner of tradition, its recent achievements in the field of air defense and missile defense. ’Our systems can, with utmost efficiency, annihilate various types of airborne targets, while demonstrating reliability, efficacy and ease of operation in conjunction with high competitiveness and repairability’. Yan Novikov further said that the systems developed and manufactured by the member companies show high marks in detecting, tracking and shooting down all known types of air and space means of attack. According to him, despite a high loading factor of its member companies’ manufacturing capacity, the Almaz–Antey Corporation has been able to deliver all obligations to customers on time and carefully meet all commitments. ’In particular, this applies to the aftersales support of our equipment, its repair and modernization, as well as to the training of foreign specialists’, the general director said.

  
  Along the duration of the Army forum, the manufacturer’s representatives will hold meetings and negotiations with partners and potential buyers on the matter of service support for earlier shipped equipment, disposal (scrapping) of outdated equipment, modernization of air defence systems, deliveries of spare parts and components, as well as training of foreign users in technical support, repair and usage of the equipment manufactured by the Corporation. They will also take part in the forum’s scientific program.

  
  Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence Corporation, JSC is one of the largest integrated associations of the Russian military-industrial complex, which includes over 60 high-tech enterprises. The total number of employees of the Corporation is about 140 thousand people. The Corporation's products are supplied to more than 50 states around the world.

  
  Almaz-Antey has the right to carry out independent foreign trade activities in relation to military products, including the supply of spare parts, repairs and modernization of previously supplied equipment. The Corporation pays special attention to the training of customer specialists, issues of operation and maintenance of supplied equipment, and offers after-sales service, repair, modernization and disposal.