Design Bureau for Special Machine-Building

What Design Bureau for Special Machine-Building does

Design Bureau for Special Machine-Building (Obukhovsky Zavod) is a Russian defense-industrial enterprise headquartered in Saint Petersburg with operating roots dating to 1863, currently structured as a subsidiary of the state-owned Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern under the legal name AO «NPO «SZRC of Concern VKO «Almaz-Antey» — Obukhovsky Zavod. The plant manufactures military products — including missile systems and air defense equipment — alongside civil products, and is led by General Director Mikhail Lvovich Podvyaznikov.

The firm operates a vertically integrated manufacturing stack that covers metallurgy, foundry, galvanic processing, an in-house testing complex, and software development, and owns production subsidiaries including a foundry business and NII PM, an applied materials science research institute. A lean production management system has been certified across operations, and the firm has begun introducing digital tooling — notably a neural network for production safety — while exploring additive manufacturing capabilities via NII PM. Heritage is reinforced by repeated Soviet-era state honors (Order of Lenin 1939 and 1983, Order of October Revolution 1971, Order of Red Banner 1945, Order of Red Banner of Labor 1963 and 1976) and the 2022 honorary sign "For Success in Labor."

The business model is structurally that of a state defense OEM: revenue flows from Russian state defense procurement routed through parent Almaz-Antey, with no commercially disclosed pricing, customer diversification, or standalone revenue figures. The firm is sustained by long-horizon state orders rather than competitive market sales, and its growth is therefore coupled to defense-budget cycles and to parent-level program allocation.

Name

Design Bureau for Special Machine-Building

Legal name

Акционерное общество «Научно-производственное объединение «Северо-Западный региональный центр Концерна ВКО «Алмаз-Антей» - Обуховский завод»

Website

https://xn--90arht.xn--p1ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

1863

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Russian defense-industrial enterprise headquartered in Saint Petersburg, founded 1863, operating as a subsidiary of Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern. Manufactures military products including missile systems and air defense equipment, plus civil products, through an integrated metallurgy, foundry, galvanic, and software capability base.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sankt Petersburg

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Defense and Military Contracts: State defense contracts for military equipment and systems as part of the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation (Концерн ВКО Алмаз-Антей)
2. Civilian Production: Production and sale of civilian products including metallurgy, galvanic production, foundry production, and software development services

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Design Bureau for Special Machine-Building (operationally known as Obukhov Plant / Обуховский завод) is a Russian defense-industrial enterprise that manufactures military products, including strategic missile systems and air defense equipment, as a subsidiary of the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation. It also operates integrated civil/industrial production capabilities spanning metallurgy, foundry, galvanic surface treatment, software development, applied materials science research (NII PM), and an in-house testing complex.

Product overview

AO NPO Obukhovsky Zavod is a defense-industrial enterprise within the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence Concern, producing military products as its core business alongside civil products. The company operates integrated manufacturing capabilities including metallurgical production, foundry operations, galvanic surface treatment, and an in-house testing complex. Additional services include software development, applied materials science research (through NII PM), and quality assurance via the Central Plant Laboratory. The civil products division complements military production, while the Testing Complex provides certification services. The company is certified under a lean production management system (Система менеджмента бережливого производства).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Military Products Division (Облуховский завод / Obukhov Plant Military Products)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation (Концерн ВКО Алмаз-Антей)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerObukhovsky Zavod operates as a subsidiary within the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation, one of Russia's largest defense conglomerates. The company is officially named 'Scientific-Production Association North-Western Regional Center of Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation - Obukhovsky Zavod'. This integration provides strategic defense contracts and coordination on national air and space defense systems.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lockheed Martin: U.S. global defense prime with major missile and air defense programs (e.g., PAC-3, THAAD). Comparable as a large-scale defense manufacturer producing missile and integrated air/missile defense systems for a national government customer.
• Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation: Parent conglomerate and one of Russia's largest defense corporations, focused on air and missile defense systems. Comparable as the broader state-owned defense ecosystem in which Obukhovsky Zavod operates.
• Rostec (Russian State Corporation for Defense Industries): Umbrella Russian state corporation overseeing most domestic defense and high-tech manufacturers. Comparable as the parent state structure that houses and coordinates enterprises similar to Obukhovsky Zavod.
• RTX (Raytheon): U.S. defense prime producing Patriot air defense systems and a wide missile portfolio. Comparable as a global missile/air defense manufacturer serving national defense customers.
• MBDA: European consortium and one of the world's largest missile manufacturers. Comparable as a missile and air defense systems producer serving government defense customers.
• Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET): Russian defense electronics holding within Rostec producing avionics, radar, and electronic warfare systems. Comparable as a Russian defense-electronics production conglomerate serving the same state defense customers.
• Uralvagonzavod: Russian state-owned heavy industrial and defense manufacturer producing armored vehicles and other military hardware. Comparable as a large Russian state-owned industrial defense enterprise with integrated heavy manufacturing.
• Norinco: Chinese state-owned defense and industrial conglomerate producing a wide range of military equipment including missile systems. Comparable as a state-affiliated defense manufacturer producing military equipment for domestic state customers.

Direct peers

• Tactical Missiles Corporation (KBP): Russian state-owned designer and manufacturer of tactical missile systems and precision weapons. Directly comparable as a Russian defense design/production enterprise producing missile and air defense-related systems for the same state customer base.
• NPO Mashinostroyeniya: Russian defense and space company producing missile systems, spacecraft, and related defense equipment. Comparable as a Russian vertically-integrated missile/space manufacturer operating within a similar state defense ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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