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Almaz Central Design Bureau

Almaz Central Design Bureau is the catalog's Moscow-based Soviet and Russian air-defense design bureau profile, covering the organization behind the S-125, S-200, and S-300 families and the broader Almaz-Antey air and missile-defense lineage.

6 weapons

This profile consolidates the bureau's long Soviet-to-Russian name chain into the catalog's Almaz Central Design Bureau facet. Public corporate filings and sanctions records show the same organization moving through SB-1, KB-1, MKB Strela, TsKB Almaz, NPO Almaz, and later GSKB Almaz-Antey names.

For this catalog, the builder matters because the connected weapon entries are all air-defense systems that sit in the bureau's documented development history. The profile gives the catalog a sourced home for the S-125, S-200, and S-300 family records without turning the builder page into a conflict-use page.

Air-defense missile systemsRadar and fire-control systemsCommand-guided interception systemsIntegrated air and missile defense

Notable Systems

S-125 Neva/Pechora / SA-3 Goa, Short- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

S-125 Neva/Pechora / SA-3 Goa

Short- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system

The bureau history in the quarterly report lists the S-125 among the air-defense missile systems developed under the organization's later Almaz names.

S-200 / SA-5 Gammon, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

S-200 / SA-5 Gammon

Long-range surface-to-air missile system

The quarterly report and related Almaz history materials list the S-200 among the bureau's major air-defense missile systems.

S-300, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

S-300

Long-range surface-to-air missile system

The quarterly report lists the S-300 family among the bureau's air-defense systems and later Almaz history materials connect the organization to the S-300 line.

Manufacturer History

  1. SB-1 established

    The quarterly report records 10 September 1947 as the bureau's start date, when it was created as Special Bureau-1 (SB-1).

    Sources: Official quarterly report

  2. KB-1 name adopted

    The same filing says the organization became Design Bureau-1 (KB-1) in August 1950 as its air-defense work expanded.

    Sources: Official quarterly report

  3. MKB Strela name adopted

    The quarterly report lists the March 1966 name change to MKB Strela before the next later renaming cycle.

    Sources: Official quarterly report

  4. TsKB Almaz created

    The filing records the November 1971 establishment of the Central Design Bureau Almaz name.

    Sources: Official quarterly report

  5. NPO Almaz name adopted

    The quarterly report shows the organization becoming NPO Almaz in March 1988.

    Sources: Official quarterly report

  6. Current name adopted

    The same filing says the current corporate name, GSKB Almaz-Antey, was introduced on 15 January 2008.

    Sources: Official quarterly report

Website links
Official websiteOfficial quarterly report archiveOFAC sanctions listingTreasury Almaz-Antey redesignation

This profile consolidates the bureau's many Soviet and Russian renames into one canonical catalog facet. OFAC and the catalogd quarterly report are used for naming, address, and corporate-link context; the profile intentionally avoids treating those listings as conflict-use evidence.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official quarterly reportPublisher: NPO Almaz / GSKB Almaz-Antey | Note: Supports the bureau's founding date, historical renames from SB-1 through GSKB Almaz-Antey, Moscow address, and the S-125, S-200, and S-300 family history. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OFAC sanctions listingPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports the bureau's English aliases, former names, address, and the sanction-list corporate naming context for A.A. Raspletin Main System Design Bureau / Almaz-Antey GSKB. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Treasury Almaz-Antey redesignationPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports the parent-concern context that Almaz-Antey is a Russian state-owned enterprise that designs, develops, and manufactures anti-aircraft, anti-missile, and non-strategic missile defense systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons headquarters photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance, reuse terms, and the visual identification of the Moscow headquarters building associated with JSC GSKB Almaz-Antey named after A.A. Raspletin. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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S-200 / SA-5 Gammon, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +1 moreS-200 / SA-5 GammonLong-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe S-200, known to NATO as the SA-5 Gammon, is a Soviet long-range surface-to-air missile system built around large radar-guided interceptors and semi-fixed launch sites. It appears in the catalog through Libyan SA-5 launches during the 1986 Gulf of Sidra confrontation, Syrian strategic air-defense fire during Israeli and coalition strike episodes, and Ukrainian reactivation for very long-range aircraft engagements and possible ground-attack use in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
S-300, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict +2 moreS-300Long-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe S-300 is a Soviet-designed long-range surface-to-air missile family spanning early P-series air-defense systems, export S-300PMU upgrades, and the tracked S-300V branch. Ukraine has relied on legacy S-300 batteries for area air defense, received Slovakia's S-300PMU in 2022, Russia has fired S-300 missiles at Ukrainian ground targets, and Iran fields S-300PMU-2 batteries around strategic sites.
5P85D TEL, S-300PS slave transporter-erector-launcher, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict5P85D TELS-300PS slave transporter-erector-launcherBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 5P85D is a Soviet road-mobile transporter-erector-launcher associated with S-300PS and early S-300PMU air-defense batteries. It is the additional slave launcher in a 5P85SD launcher group, normally controlled by a 5P85S master TEL, carries four S-300 missile canisters on a MAZ-543M-family 8x8 chassis, and has been separately identified in Ukrainian and Armenian/Artsakh visual-loss records.
S-125 Neva/Pechora / SA-3 Goa, Short- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense1969 War of Attrition, 1973 Yom Kippur War +8 moreS-125 Neva/Pechora / SA-3 GoaShort- to medium-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe S-125 Neva/Pechora, known to NATO as SA-3 Goa, is a Soviet command-guided surface-to-air missile system built to cover lower-altitude targets than earlier S-75 batteries. The family combines 5V24/V-600 or 5V27/V-601 missiles, SNR-125 Low Blow engagement radar, and twin- or four-rail launchers, with later Pechora upgrades adding mobile chassis, digital electronics, and optical tracking. Cataloged use spans Egyptian and Iraqi air-defense service, Yugoslav S-125 combat in Operation Allied Force, Syrian and Houthi-aligned legacy sites, Azerbaijani Pechora-2TM use, Ukrainian Newa-SC service, and Indian Pechora employment during Operation Sindoor.