Manufacturer catalog

Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA)

Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) is a Russian aircraft manufacturing, repair, and unmanned-aircraft enterprise based in Yekaterinburg. Public sanctions and defense-industry sources identify the plant as part of the Rostec-linked Technodinamika structure and connect it to the Forpost family of Searcher-derived UAVs and the Altius heavy reconnaissance-strike UAV program.

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UZGA began as Soviet civil-aviation repair works in 1939 and remained associated with aircraft, engine, and component repair before expanding into aircraft assembly and unmanned systems. OFAC identifies AO Ural Civil Aviation Factory as a Russian entity established on March 16, 1939, with an organization type covering manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery.

The manufacturer is important to the catalog because the Forpost record traces Russian licensed assembly and later localization of the Israeli IAI Searcher II lineage to UZGA. That connection matters for readers separating the original Israeli design lineage from Russian manufacture, modernization, and Forpost-R/Forpost-RE development.

Open defense reporting also links UZGA to the Altius program. European Security & Defence reported that Russia transferred the Altius project to UZGA's Kazan division in 2018 and that the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with UZGA for an initial batch of Altius-RU UAVs. Ukrainian War & Sanctions data likewise lists Forpost-R and Altair (Altius) under the plant's UAV section.

aircraft manufacture and assemblyaircraft and aviation-component repairmedium-altitude reconnaissance and strike UAVsheavy long-endurance reconnaissance-strike UAVscivil and regional aviation programs

Notable Systems

Forpost, Reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, Aircraft & UAVs

Forpost / Forpost-R UAV

Reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle

The connected catalog record covers Russia's Searcher-derived Forpost family. EDR reported that the Forpost was originally manufactured under license by UZGA and that the later Forpost-R replaced imported components, control systems, communications, and navigation with Russian systems.

Sources: EDR Forpost-RE report, GUR War & Sanctions UZGA record

Altius / Altair heavy UAV

European Security & Defence reported that the Altius program was transferred in 2018 to UZGA's Kazan division and that Russia signed a contract with UZGA for an initial Altius-RU batch; the system is left unlinked here because no publishable catalog record with rights-clear media was added in this pass.

Sources: European Security & Defence Altius report, GUR War & Sanctions UZGA record

Manufacturer History

  1. Plant establishment date

    OFAC's SDN record lists AO Ural Civil Aviation Factory with an organization established date of March 16, 1939; public background material traces the plant to Soviet civil-aviation repair works.

    Sources: OFAC SDN record

  2. Altius project transferred to UZGA

    European Security & Defence reported that Russia transferred the Altius UAV project to the Kazan division of UZGA in 2018 after earlier development under Sokol/Simonov and Tranzas.

    Sources: European Security & Defence Altius report

  3. Initial Altius-RU batch contract reported

    European Security & Defence reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with UZGA to produce an initial batch of Altius-RU UAVs.

    Sources: European Security & Defence Altius report

  4. Forpost-RE shown at IDEX

    EDR reported the Forpost-RE export configuration at IDEX 2025 and described the Forpost lineage as an Israeli Searcher II UAV manufactured under license by UZGA before later Russian localization.

    Sources: EDR Forpost-RE report

  5. War & Sanctions record updated

    Ukraine's War & Sanctions portal updated its UZGA record, listing the plant as a Russian aircraft manufacturing and repair enterprise in the Technodinamika/Rostec structure with Forpost-R and Altair (Altius) UAV links.

    Sources: GUR War & Sanctions UZGA record

Predecessors
Plant No. 404 civil-aviation repair works
Website links
Official UZGA websiteGUR War & Sanctions UZGA recordOFAC SDN recordEDR Forpost-RE report

The official UZGA website was retained as the website link, but it returned a 403 response during this pass, so organization-specific claims rely on accessible regulator, sanctions, and defense-industry sources. No manufacturer image is included because the checked sources did not provide a rights-clear UZGA image suitable for the catalog. Conflict-use claims remain in weapon records.

Manufacturer Sources

  • GUR War & Sanctions UZGA recordPublisher: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine War & Sanctions Portal | Note: Supports UZGA's legal name, country, Yekaterinburg address, Technodinamika/Rostec structure, aircraft manufacturing and repair role, and Forpost-R/Altair (Altius) UAV links. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OFAC SDN recordPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports current sanctioned legal-entity identity, aliases, registration and tax identifiers, establishment date, organization type, and Yekaterinburg address. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EDR Forpost-RE reportPublisher: EDR Magazine | Note: Supports Forpost/Forpost-R/Forpost-RE manufacturer context, Searcher II licensed-production lineage, Russian localization statements, payload context, and IDEX 2025 timeline. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • European Security & Defence Altius reportPublisher: European Security & Defence | Note: Supports Altius program transfer to UZGA's Kazan division, the reported initial Altius-RU batch contract, and UZGA's experience with Forpost production and localization. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Deagel Altius referencePublisher: Deagel | Note: Supports Altius alternate names, Russian origin, UZGA/Sokol/Tranzas contractor context, first-flight and IOC dates, and broad performance/specification background. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Forpost, Reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarForpostReconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicleBuilt in: RussiaForpost is Russia's license-built and later indigenized derivative of the Israeli IAI Searcher II UAV, used for reconnaissance, target acquisition, artillery-fire adjustment, and in Forpost-R form armed strike missions. Russian forces have used Forpost-family aircraft in Ukraine since the 2014 phase of the war and later employed the Forpost-R as a higher-value reusable UAV for surveillance and precision attack rather than as an expendable one-way drone.