LOCATION:
Address: ulitsa Zhukovskogo 2, Dubna, Moscow Oblast, 141980
Telephone: (09621) 2-55-42, 5-15-21
Fax: (09621) 2-32-99
Email: dmz@dubna.ru
Homepage: http://www.dmz.ru
["Kak s nami svyazatsya," Dubna Machine-Building Plant Web Site, http://www.dmz.ru/dmzev-ko.htm.]{Entered 4/22/02 MJ}
ADMINISTRATION:
General Director: Viktor Mikhaylovich Frantsuzov
["Dubna segodnyashnyaya - ATOLL i DMZ," City of Dubna Web Site, http://www.dubna.ru/.]]{Entered 4/22/02 MJ}
STRUCTURE:
Since 1994 DMZ has been an open joint stock company with a number of subordinate enterprises.
["Khronologiya pereimenovaniy i preobrazovaniy," City of Dubna Web Site, http://www.dubna.ru/win.airplane/dmz-p3.htm.] {Entered  4/22/02 MJ}                                
BACKGROUND:
DMZ traces its history to 1939, when it was formed under the designation Branch of Plant No. 30, as a seaplane manufacturing plant.[1] During World War II, under the leadership of Igor Chetverikov, the plant produced a number of military seaplane types for the Soviet Navy. Shortly after the war it participated in efforts to utilize captured German technologies in the area of jet aircraft design and propulsion. Following several changes of designation (Plant No. 30, Developmental Plant No. 458, Developmental Plant No. 1, Plant No. 256), in 1966 it received its current name. In 1950 the plant was reoriented to produce cruise missiles, starting with the KS [NATO designation AS-1 'Kennel'] air-launched anti-ship cruise missile designed by the MiG design bureau. Although it has produced missiles designed by several design bureaus, DMZ eventually became closely associated with Dubna-based MKB Raduga, and was responsible for series production of most of its designs.[2] Between 1972 and 1982, MKB Raduga and DMZ were amalgamated into Raduga Production and Design Association and later Raduga Production Association.[3]

Missile types produced at DMZ included OKB MiG's KS [AS-1 'Kennel'], KSS [SS-C-2 'Samlet'/'Salish'], Kh-20M [AS-3 'Kangaroo'], K-10S [AS-2 'Kipper']; NPO Mashinostroyeniya's P-7 [SS-N-3 'Shaddock']; and MKB Raduga's P-15 [SS-N-2 'Styx'], KSR-2 and -11 [AS-5 'Kelt'], Kh-22 [AS-4 'Kitchen'], KSR-5 [AS-6 'Kingfish'], Kh-28 [AS-9 'Kyle'], 85R/RU [SS-N-14 'Silex'], Kh-58 [AS-11 'Kilter'], Kh-59 [AS-13 'Kingbolt'], Kh-15 [AS-16 'Kickback'], 3M80 Moskit [SS-N-22 'Sunburn'], and Kh-55 [AS-15 'Kent'].[2]

In addition to missiles, DMZ continued to engage in activities related to aircraft manufacture. It participated in the construction of 2RS experimental supersonic reconnaissance aircraft, produced a number of MiG-25 fighter subassemblies, and performed preliminary work on the experimental Spiral space plane, which was cancelled in favor of the Buran shuttle.[2]

DMZ has also been active in producing goods for civilian use, even during the Soviet era. Between 1953 and 1990 DMZ reportedly produced 4.5 million baby strollers. DMZ also produced a range of furniture pieces, satellite antennas, "black box" containers for the aviation industry and other items, and industrial equipment for light industry.[2]
Sources:
[1] "Dubninskiy mashzavod uvelichit vypusk produktsii po linii gosoboronzakaza v shest raz," Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 26 November 2001; in Universal Database of Military & Security Periodicals, http://online.eastview.com/.
[2] "Osnovnyye obraztsy samoletov i raket, osvoyennyye proizvodstvom Dubnenskogo mashinostroitelnogo zavoda v period 1951-1996 gg.," Dubna Machine-Building Plant Web Site, http://www.dmz.ru/win/airplane/dmz-06-7.htm.
[3] "Istoriya DMZ," Dubna City Web Site, http://www.dubna/ru/win/airplane/dmz-p3.htm.{Entered 4/22/02 MJ}     

ACTIVITIES:
Although in the 1990s DMZ became an open joint stock company, it remains mostly state-owned, with the government controlling 60% of its stock. Since so much of its production was military-oriented, the post-1991 sharp decrease in military orders severely affected DMZ.[1]

However, DMZ may become one of the beneficiaries of the increased emphasis placed in the Russian defense doctrine on conventional weapons, including conventional air-launched precision-guided munitions, following the 1999 Kosovo conflict. According to Russian press reports, in 2002 the volume of state orders received by DMZ will increase six-fold. The increase is attributed to a number of orders for repair and modernization work on various cruise missile types, including the Kh-22 and Kh-55, received from the Ministry of Defense. The new orders, which were received in 2001, led to an increase of DMZ workforce to 1,200 workers.[1]

DMZ continues its close association with MKB Raduga, and has been identified as the likely production facility for Raduga's Burlak SLV, should it ever enter production.[2]

In the 1990s the plant began to produce light civilian aircraft. Types produced at DMZ include the Su-29 civilian aerobatic aircraft and Shmel and Dubna-2 civilian multipurpose utility aircraft.[3] DMZ is also developing jointly with the Taganrog-based SAU concern the R-50 Robert passenger/cargo seaplane.[4]

Its current civilian production includes industrial equipment for use in food processing and textile industry, sauna heaters, satellite communication antennas, and other products.[5]
Sources:
[1] "Dubninskiy mashzavod uvelichit vypusk produktsii po linii gosoboronzakaza v shest raz," Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 26 November 2001; in Universal Database of Russian Military & Security Periodicals, http://online.eastview.com/.
[2] Vladimir Ilyin, Yuriy Ponomarev, "Vse tsveta 'Radugi'," Vestnik vozdushnogo flota online edition, http://www.aviation.ru/Raduga/raduga.html, 4 July 1997.
[3] Aleksandr Yegorov, "Problemam vysokotochnogo oruzhiya - osoboye vnimaniye," Krasnaya zvezda, 9 June 1996; in Universal Database of Russian Military & Security Periodicals, http://online.eastview.com/.
[4] "Dubna segodnyashnyaya - ATOLL i DMZ," City of Dubna Web Site, http://www.dubna.ru/.
[5] "Osnovnyye obraztsy i modifikatsii samoletov, raket, i tovarov narodnogo potrebleniya (TNP) osvoyennyye proizvodstvom DMZ s 1951 g. po 1996 g., i ikh tekhnologicheskiye osobennosty, City of Dubna Web Site, http://www.dubna.ru/win/airplane/dmz-06-6.htm. {Entered 4/22/02 MJ} 

DMZ DEVELOPMENTS:

12/1/2002: DMZ TO UPGRADE KH-55 CRUISE MISSILE
According to a 1 December 2002 report in Jane's Defence Upgrades, DMZ will undertake the repair and upgrade of the Kh-55 [NATO designation AS-15 'Kent'] cruise missile. The upgraded missile, to be called the Kh-555, will incorporate the homing system currently employed in the Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) produced by MKB Raduga and will be equipped with conventional rather than nuclear warheads.
[Piotr Butowski, "Russia plans bomber fleet modernisation," Jane's Defence Upgrades, 1 December 2002, http://jdu.janes.com.] {Entered 12/6/2002 EMC}
 

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