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Ganichev NPO SPLAV

The Ganichev NPO SPLAV [Ru = "Alloy"], a division of Techmash Concern at Rostec State Corporation, is the Russia’s leader in designing and production management of multiple launch rocket systems for the Russian Army and the Navy, and unguided airborne weapons for the Airspace Force. In April 2019, the company was officially renamed into the Ganichev NPO SPLAV. It was proposed to give the name of the scientist who founded the MLRS scholarly traditions and devoted 38 years to the company (including 25 as a head designer) in the year of Ganichev’s centenary (2018).

Ganichev was the head designer at NPO SPLAV since 1958 to 1983; he stood at the origins of the Soviet school of artillery case designing, and was a founder of MLRS scholarly traditions. With direct involvement of Alexander Ganichev, NPO SPLAV had designed and delivered over 10 high-performance rocket systems, including Grad, Uragan and their ordnance. Ganichev’s concepts underlied MLRS Smerch, though the designer had not a chance to finish that project. Till the present, the scientific ideas and engineering solutions proposed by Alexander Ganichev allow Russia to remain the leader in MLRS industry.

Since its foundation in 1945, the enterprise was entrusted with the task of creating a scientific and technical base for the development of casings for barrel artillery, setting up their serial production and creating specialized equipment. Since the end of the 50s, JSC NPO SPLAV named after A.N. Ganichev "began to develop multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), and in 1963 he handed over to the Russian army the Grad system, which is currently in service with the armies of more than 50 countries.

In subsequent years, the Uragan and Smerch MLRS and the MLRS for the Navy were created. Shells for various purposes have been developed for the systems. The scientific and technical potential of the enterprise accumulated over half a century of activity made it possible to effectively solve the problem of conversion development, creating on the basis of traditional military technologies the production of science-intensive civilian products.

Multiple launch rocket systems have been a powerful and promising type of weapon since the Second World War. For the first time in the world, MLRS, then called Katyushas, were used on July 14, 1941 near the Belarusian city of Orsha. This was the first generation of MLRS. Continuing the best traditions of rocket science, JSC NPO SPLAV named after A.N. Ganichev", starting from the end of the 50s, new generations of MLRS are being created. Today these are the famous "Grad", "Hurricane", "Smerch". Special mention should be made of the world's most popular MLRS 9K51 "Grad" (caliber 122 mm with a range of up to 20 km), which was created back in 1963 by a group of Russian developers led by the talented chief designer Alexander Ganichev and manufactured at domestic defense enterprises.

At various times, from the late 1950s and 1960s, under the leadership and direct participation of G.A. Denezhkin, a number of development work was carried out, the products of which were accepted for mass production. Among them are rockets 9M22, 9M22M (for the Grad-P system), 9M22M1 (for the Partizan system), 9M23 (for the Grad system). A number of research projects were also carried out, in which a number of complex technical issues of practical importance in the development of products were solved.

Denezhkin was a leading designer for the development, production and implementation of highly efficient systems "Grad", "Grad-I", "Grad-P", "Grad-M" [58]. As chief designer, he developed and manufactured new systems: "Prima", "Smerch", "Uragan", "Hood", "Kazantin-I", "Prozaik", "Priklad", "Abris", "Rovesnik", " Taming ”,“ Boa constrictor ”. When creating the 9K59 system, T. Denezhkin G.A. personally proposed a fundamentally new scheme of the product with separation of compartments, original solutions for the design of the main units of the product and the system, which provided a fivefold increase in efficiency compared to standard samples.

The ideology and construction scheme proposed by Gennady Alekseevich Denezhkin, the structure of the control system of two subsystems, made it possible to create a fundamentally new system 9K58 (MLRS "Smerch"), which has no foreign analog, having high accuracy characteristics at long ranges, high efficiency.

Since the 1980s, working as First Deputy General Director, G.A. Denezhkin headed a new scientific direction on the creation of long-range corrected projectiles of multiple launch rocket systems, providing an increase in accuracy and a decrease in technical dispersion by 1.5 ... 2 times compared to the level reached by that time. This was a continuation of the work carried out at the enterprise since the 1960s.

The second Russian-made MLRS system - 9K57 Uragan (projectile caliber 220 mm) has a firing range of up to 35 km. For the first time in the world, a projectile with a cluster warhead with fragmentation submunitions was developed for the Uragan. Finally, the third, last class of MLRS include the Russian Smerch system (projectile caliber 300 mm, firing range up to 90 km), which has a control system unit on board the missile, which made it possible to reduce the dispersion of projectiles by 3 times compared to an unguided missile, while increasing the accuracy of fire by 2 times.

Products produced by JSC NPO SPLAV named after A.N. Ganichev "are supplied to the domestic and foreign markets and are in growing demand. The compnay's credo is a deep scientific approach to solving all problems arising during the creation and serial production of products. This is a guarantee of the quality of our goods and services offered to the consumer. Today JSC NPO SPLAV named after A.N. Ganicheva "is the parent organization of the holding within the State Corporation" Rostec ".

The experience gained in the creation of MLRS for the ground forces made it possible to develop fundamentally new systems for the navy. These are the "Damba", "Fire" systems, as well as the "Udav" (for destroying torpedoes) and RPK-8 (for fighting submarines) systems, which have no analogues in the world.

In total, the company has developed 48 rockets for various purposes. Together with JSC NPO SPLAV named after A.N. Ganichev "- the head developer of weapons samples worked collectives of many enterprises in various areas (combat and transport-loading vehicles, fuses, powder charges, means of ignition, etc.). The unique scientific and technical potential accumulated at these enterprises makes it possible to create new, modern models of world-class MLRS.

In response to the Russian Federation's (Russia's) further invasion of Ukraine, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposes extensive sanctions on Russia by amending the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774) (EAR). Russia's invasion of Ukraine flagrantly violates international law, is contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, and undermines global order, peace, and security, and therefore necessitates these stringent and expansive sanctions. The Commerce Department's sanctions are one aspect of the broad U.S. Government response to Russia's unprovoked aggression and are being imposed in coordination with allies and partners.

NPO Splav, manufactures BM-27 Uragan and BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launchers that were used by the Russian Armed Forces during Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Russian Armed Forces employed BM-27 Uragan and BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launchers in cluster munition strikes against civilian targets in Ukraine, that caused multiple casualties.