NPO Orion

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NPO Orion
Native name
НПО «Орион»
Company typeJoint-stock company
Founded1946
Headquarters,
Russia
ParentShvabe Holding
Websitewww.orion-ir.ru

Orion Scientific Production Association (Russian: НПО «Орион») is a company based in Moscow, Russia. It is part of the Shvabe Holding (Rostec group).[1]

The Orion Scientific Production Association in Moscow is a major designer, developer, and manufacturer of high technology military and aerospace electronics. It also produces special electronics for the space industry, which are used in both space launchers and satellites. In 1991, Orion entered into an agreement with a Russian-French joint venture radio station to produce commercial stereo receivers.[2]

Scientific activities and awards[edit]

JSC NPO Orion, together with higher educational institutions, trains highly qualified personnel at the basic departments of the Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), the National Research University "Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology", as well as at the graduate School and the Educational and Production Center of the enterprise.

JSC NPO Orion conducts active scientific activities, holds an International scientific and technical conference and exhibition on photoelectronics and night vision devices, an All-Russian seminar on problems of theoretical and applied electronic optics, is the founder and publisher of the scientific and technical journal "Successes of Applied Physics".

The works of NPO Orion JSC were awarded with Stalin, Lenin, State Prizes and prizes of the Government of the USSR and Russia, 48 employees of the enterprise became laureates. The activities, devices and developments of NPO Orion JSC have been awarded with medals, special prizes and diplomas from international scientific societies, symposiums, exhibitions and salons of innovations in Russia, the USA, Germany, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Belgium, China, South Korea and Colombia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "НПО "Орион"". Организации «Швабе». Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ "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.

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