page_title: Defense industry of Russia
section_title: Companies
hierarchical_section_title: Defense industry of Russia / Companies
caption_attribution_description: English: Newly constructed Indian Navy Talwar class (modified Russian Krivak III class) frigate INS Trikand (F51) rounding the Castle buoy off Southsea Castle while entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 12 July 2013, on an Indian-bound delivery voyage from the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in St Petersburg, Russia. INS Trikand) is the last frigate of her class ordered from a Russian shipyard. The successor frigate class to the Talwars is the Shivalik class, and these are being built at Mazagon Dock. Mumbai in India. Wikipedia editors are reminded that the copyright remains with the photographer, and that the terms of the Creative Commons (CC), Attribution (BY), Share Alike (SA) CC-BY-SA-3.0 that allow editors to reuse this image apply to Wikipedia editors also, as they do to other re-users of this image. Breaches of the licence terms are not only unlawful, but are also antisocial, in that breaches discourage photographers from making their images freely available to everyone without payment. Wikipedia re-users are also reminded of the license terms that derivatives of this image should not imply that the adaptation is endorsed or approved by the author or copyright holder. Neither should derivatives be presented as the creation of the author or copyright holder, while clearly stating that the adaptation is a derivative of the original. Attribution online should be in this format Brian Burnell. On the printed page, a simpler form is acceptable - example: "Image: Brian Burnell".
context_page_description: The defense industry of Russia is a strategically important sector and a large employer in Russia. It is also a significant player in the global arms market, with Russian Federation being the second largest military products exported after the USA. Russia is the second largest conventional arms exporter after the United States, with $13.5 billion worth of exports in 2012. Combined, the US and Russia account for 57% of all major weapons exports.
  The Russian government has announced its intention to restructure the debts of Russian military-industrial complex in the amount of 750 billion rubles, half of this amount will be written off, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Thursday, speaking at a board of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.
  President Vladimir Putin considers the Syrian Civil War to be a good advertisement of the capabilities of Russian weapons capable of boosting Russia's military sales.
context_section_description: According to Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), the most successful businesses in the sector are aerospace and air defense companies. The centre's 2007 rating puts the air defense missile producer Almaz-Antey in the top position (revenue of $3.122 billion), followed by Sukhoi ($1.863 billion) and Irkut Corporation ($1.207 billion). These companies employ 81,857, over 30,000 and 11,585 people, respectively. Across the top 20 rated companies, growth in military production averaged more than 25% in 2007.
  In 2008, the combined revenue of Russia's top 10 military-industrial companies grew by 26% from the previous year, amounting to almost $12 billion. The top company was again Almaz-Antey, which boosted its revenue to $4.3 billion. Russian Helicopters produced 122 aircraft in 2008, increasing its revenue from $724 million to $1.7 billion. Uralvagonzavod earned $640 million by making 175 T-90 tanks: 62 for the Russian military, 60 for India, and 53 for Algeria, according to CAST.
  The six largest companies of the industry in 2009, based on revenue, were:
  Almaz-Antey – air defence systems
  United Aircraft Corporation – fixed-wing airplanes
  Tactical Missiles Corporation – air- and naval-based missiles
  Russian Helicopters – helicopters
  Uralvagonzavod – main battle tanks
  United Shipbuilding Corporation- submarines, corvettes, frigates, aircraft carriers.
caption: Krivak-class frigate INS Trikand a class of frigates designed and built by United Shipbuilding Corporation
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