Dux Kommunar Plant

Open Joint Stock Company Dux (formerly Moscow Kommunar Machine-Building Plant; Russian: Московский машиностроительный завод «Коммунар») is a company based in Moscow, Russia. It produces air-to-air missiles and launching systems for fighter aircraft and aircraft cabin instrument and components.[1]

The company was established in 1941 as Plant No. 43 of the Ministry of Aviation Industry on the site of the former Plant No. 32, which had been evacuated from Moscow.[2] During the war the factory produced RS-82 rockets, Berezin UB machine guns and other weapons.[2]

From 1963 to 1992 the company was known as Moscow Kommunar Machine-Building Plant.[2] In 1992 the plant became known as Open Joint Stock Company Dux.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 3 Ерохин, Евгений. "Авиаракетная промышленность". missiles.ru. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "4. Предприятия и заводы оборонной промышленности". Военный паритет. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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