LOCATION: Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast
Address: 26 ulitsa Shevchenko, Orenburg 460005
Telephone: (3532) 35-71-00
Fax: (3532) 35-54-60
["Proizvodstvennoye obyedineniye 'Strela'," Orenburg City Web Site, http://www.region-orenburg.ru/rus/or_pred/strela.htm.]{Entered 5/16/2002 EL}
ADMINISTRATION:
General Director: Sergey Ivanovich Grachev
["U 'Strely' osobaya sudba," Vercherniy Orenburg, 25 October 2001; in Nastoyashchiye sverkhzvukovyye Web Site, http://sergib.al.ru/orenburg/strela_1.htm.]
Director of Marketing: Igor Yosipovich Vaks
["Proizvodstvennoye obedineniye 'Strela'," Orenburg City Web Site,
http://www.region-orenburg.ru/rus/or_pred/strela.htm.]{Entered 5/16/2002 EL}
BACKGROUND:
The Strela Production Association (PO Strela) was created in 1941 as Aviation Factory No. 47. Initially, the factory produced training and light transport aircraft. Aircraft production during World War II totalled 1,322 units. After the war the factory began glider projects, eventually producing the Ts-25 heavy transport and A-2 training gliders. In 1952 the factory commenced manufacture of the La-17 jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which served as a target drone for air defense missile troops. Numerous models of this UAV were produced at Factory No. 47, including the La-17M and La-17MM. Between 1954 and 1958 Factory No. 47 also produced 597 Mi-1 light helicopters, until production of these helicopters was transferred to Poland in the mid-1950s.[1]

In the late 1950s Factory No. 47 was renamed PO Strela, shifted to missile manufacturing, and established a long-term working relationship with Vladimir Chelomey's design bureau (now called NPO Mashinostroyeniya).[1] In the late 1950s and early 1960s Strela began manufacturing several types of Chelomey's cruise missiles, starting with the P-5 [NATO designation SS-N-3 'Shaddock'], and in 1967 it started production of Chelomey's ballistic missile designs, beginning with the UR-100 [SS-11 'Sego']. PO Strela produced even more advanced ballistic and cruise missile systems between 1972 and 1983.[2]
Sources:
[1] Sergey Babain, "PO Strela," Nastoyashchiye sverkhzvukovyye Web Site, http://sergib.al.ru/orenburg/strela.htm.
[2] Sergey Babain,"Produktsiya 'PO Strela'," Nastoyashchiye sverkhzvukovyye Web Site, http://sergib.agava.ru/orenburg/s_list.htm.{Entered 5/16/2002 EL}
ACTIVITIES:
PO Strela was scheduled to start serial production of NPO Mashinostroyeniya's Oniks/Yakhont [NATO Designation SS-NX-26] anti-ship cruise missile in 2001[2]. However, as of 16 May 2002 there was no indication that production of the missile had actually commenced (possibly due to delays in the missile's development).[3]  According to Jane's Missiles and Rockets, PO Strela is also scheduled to produce components for the PJ-10 anti-ship cruise missile under joint development by NPO Mashinostroyeniya and India's DRDO defense agency.  The PJ-10, which is a derivative of the Yakhont, is due to enter the first phase of production in India in 2003.[4]

PO Strela manufacturing has not been limited to cruise missiles, however. In 1993 PO Strela replaced the La-17 with the new Dan pilotless drone.[5] By 2001 PO Strela was also manufacturing the Ka-226 light helicopter designed by the Kamov Design Bureau.[6] In 2001 the Ministry of Emergency Situations purchased five Ka-226 models.[7] The Ka-226 is currently available in medical and aerial rescue variants[8] and the Kamov Design Bureau claims that PO Strela will invest approximately 300 million rubles ($9.76 million as of 4 February 2002) in Ka-226 production for 2002.[9]

Due to a shortage of state orders, PO Strela has resumed the production of conventional aircraft, producing replica World War II planes since 1992.[5] The planes, 20 of which were sold in 2001 alone, cost approximately $1 million each.[10] Customers for these aircraft include Ganell, Shadetree Aviation (USA), and Richard Goode Aerobatics (UK).[11]

In addition to aircraft, PO Strela manufactures many civilian and industrial products. These include washing machines, satellite TV systems, heat exchangers, hydroelectric generators, and seed drillers for agriculture.[12] Strela also produces rolling presses for cottage cheese production.[13] 

The company employs approximately 5,700 people.[1]
Sources:
[1] "Proizvodstvennoye obedineniye 'Strela'," Orenburg City Web Site, http://www.region-orenburg.ru/rus/inv/strela.htm.
[2] Sergey Babain,"Produktsiya 'PO Strela'," Nastoyashchiye sverkhzvukovyye Web Site, http://sergib.agava.ru/orenburg/s_list.htm.
[3] NISNP Interview with Michael Jasinski, 16 May 2002.
[4] Miroslav Gyurosi, "Indian/Russian PJ-10 missile to be vertically launched," Jane's Missiles & Rockets, October 2001, Vol. 5, No. 10, p. 1.
[5] Sergey Babain, "PO Strela," Nastoyashchiye sverkhzvukovyye Web Site, http://sergib.al.ru/orenburg/strela.htm.
[6] Sergey Pod, "PO 'Strela' pristupilo k seriynomu proizvodstvu unikalnykh mnogotselevykh vertoletov KA-226," Aviabaza Web Site, http://airbase.uka.ru/forum/Forum6/HTML/001147.html, 17 November 2000.
[7] "V 2001 g. PO 'Strela' proizvedet po zakazu OAO 'Kamov' 5 vertoletov KA-226A dlya nuzhd MChS," Aviaport Web Site, http://www.aviaport.ru/.
[8] "PO 'Strela' zavershilo stroitelstvo pervykh dvukh seriynykh vertoletov po zakazu MChS,"  Aviatsionnaya tekhnika Web Site, 26 March 2002, http://avnews5.chat.ru/i/i020326a.htm.
[9] "PO 'Strela' investiruyet v etom godu 300 mln. rub. v proizvodstvo vertoletov Ka-226," Kamov Web Site, http://www.kamov.ru/news/tnewr.htm, 4 February 2002.
[10] "Orenburg. PO 'Strela' pereklyuchilsya na proizvodstvo samoletov vremen Velikoy Otechestvennoy," VolgaInform Web Site, http://www.volgainform.ru/allnews/11133, 5 October 2001.
[11] Olga Vedernikova, "'Medvezhata' letyat za okean," Tribuna online edition, http://www.tribuna.ru/material/101101/2-5.shtml, 10 November 2001.
[12] "Mnogoprofilnoye proizvodstvennoye obedineniye 'Strela'," Torgovo-promyshlennaya palata Orenburgshoy oblasti Web Site, http://www.orcci.ru/strela/main.htm.
[13] N.S. Markova, "Valtsovka dlya tvoroga E8-OPU," Central Scientific Agricultural Library Web Site, http://www.CNSHB.ru/vniitei/bases/ics/r/96080961.htm.{Entered 5/16/2002 EL}
 
STRELA PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENTS:

12/24/2001: STRELA BECOMES PART OF ANTI-SHIP MISSILE CONSORTIUM
Pravda reported on 24 December 2001 that PO Strela had become part of a consortium for the development and marketing of anti-ship cruise missile systems. The consortium is headed by PO Strela's long-time partner NPO Mashinostroyeniya, and also includes Vympel Design Bureau, Granit Central Scientific Research Institute, the Mashinostroitel plant, Avangard Production Association, and Elektromekhanika Production Association. The consortium will develop and market anti-ship missiles based on NPO Mashinostroyeniya's Oniks/Yakhont missile.
["Russia Establishes Consortium for Development and Promotion of Cruise-Missile Combat Systems to International Market," Pravda online edition, http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/12/24/24334.html, 24 December 2001.] {Entered 5/16/2002 EL}
 
Last updated 17 December 2002

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