Almaz-Antey

OJSC "Concern PVO "Almaz-Antey" (Russian: ОАО «Концерн ПВО «Алмаз – Антей») is a Russian joint undertaking in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular, the developers of anti-aircraft defence systems (PVO in Russian). The organisation is headquartered in Moscow. In 2008, the entity had arms sales of $4.34 billion, which constituted 94% of the total revenue. Founded in 2002 by Presidential Decree 412 of the Russian President. In 2003 the Director General of the Concern, Igor Klimov was shot dead. Criminal investigation founded that it was linked to a property revision inside the company. The current Board is headed by Viktor Ivanov,...