The Federal Service for Accreditation (Rosakkreditatsiya) confirmed proper competence of the Russian Federation State Testing Station at the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Kalashnikov Concern member) under GOST General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories with its official letter. Following the resolution by Rosakkreditatsiya, the State Testing Station can continue its operations as an independent competent testing laboratory for certification tests of civilian and service firearms, ammunition, armor protection, industrial and special-purpose items.


	In accordance with the competence confirmed, the objective of the Russian Federation State Testing Station include the guidelines and metrological support of weapons and ammunition testing; testing of domestic and imported products for their strength and safety in accordance with the requirements of the GOSTs and the CIP (Commission Internationale Permanente) for the Brussels Convention for the Reciprocal Recognition of Proof Marks on Small Arms; providing services for examination of weapons, ammunition, and armor protection; consulting and technical assistance to domestic manufacturers of weapons and ammunition, etc.


	The state testing station was established at TsNIITOCHMASH in 1960. Initially, the state testing station of the Russian Federation was the leader in all types of state testing of sports and hunting weapons and ammunition for them. In 2009, the station expanded its scope of accreditation to test the means of technical protection, armored clothing, armor protection, special vehicles, bank security equipment, armored glass, etc.


	Over the past years, the station has carried out about 15 thousand certification tests of approximately 1 million weapons, over 7 thousand batches of ammunition, and almost 6 thousand items of armor protection.


	Following the order of Rosakkreditatsiya, the details about the confirmation of the proper competence of the Russian Federation State Testing Station at the TsNIITOCHMASH were entered in the Register of Accredited Entities.

Federal Service for Accreditation confirms TsNIITOCHMASH competence for certification tests

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Izhevsk Mechanical Plant announced the launch of its project to revamp the plant museum supposed to become a culture and tourist center on Izhevsk map. Sergey Shunin, its Managing Director, spoke about the project and its importance to the city and the republic at a press conference broadcast live to a wide audience.


	The company plans to create a fundamentally new multifunctional platform that meets modern requirements for exhibiting, scenography and emotional involvement of visitors in the history of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. The museum is planned to host patriotic and educational events, including meetings with famous designers, career guidance lessons, engraving workshops, presentations of weapon-making professions, and other socially significant events.


	The exhibition will reflect the history of the plant development, designs, products, and legendary designers and directors who have made the greatest contribution to the company development.


	"Izhevsk Mechanical Plant is Russia's only serial producer of military and civilian pistols and one of the leading brands in the hunting and pneumatic weapon market. The legendary Makarov and Yarygin pistols, the new Lebedev pistol, shotguns, and rifles have earned worldwide recognition. That is why we want to make the plant museum a modern and memorable venue on the map of Russia's arms capital. Following the competition results, we will select and combine the best ideas into the final project and implement it," Sergey Shunin, Managing Director of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, talked about the priorities.


	Vladimir Yarygin, plant veteran and designer distinguished by the Russian Federation, emphasized that the design that has been developing at the plant for 80 years should be reflected in the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant exhibit.


	"More than 20 new products have been created on the basis of the Makarov pistol in 70 years of its production, and more than 15 –&nbsp;on the basis of the Yarygin pistol. This fascinating history as well as the production of many other models of weapons: from Nagan and TT revolvers to modern models, should be made known to the general public in Udmurtia and Russia, and I am willing to meet the museum guests and small arms connoisseurs myself," says Mr Yarygin.


	The hosts expect to use the competition to find the best creative concepts and multimedia solutions, which will help create a modern and stylish multifunctional space that tackles all the issues.


	The competition prize is 1 million rubles: the winner will receive 500,000 rubles, and the contestants who take the second and third place will receive 300,000 and 200,000 rubles, respectively. Both companies and individuals can take part in the competition.


	The concept development should include an original key idea for the exhibit, description of the key narratives, and the structure of the topics. The competitors will develop the functional plan of the museum space, a script and artistic concept of the exhibit, visualize the key design and multimedia solutions and draw them in the form of a presentation album for detailed evaluation by the jury of experts. Specifications for developers and other materials can be found in the plant's VK community at <a href="https://vk.com/imz_official">https://vk.com/imz_official</a>.


	The competition deadline is April 30, 2023.


	For any questions about the competition, please refer to Elena Filatova, Head of Corporate Communications and Social Programs at the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, tel. +7 3412 57 38 38 ext. 30365, e-mail: <a href="mailto:el.v.filatova@baikalinc.ru">el.v.filatova@baikalinc.ru</a>.

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant announces creative competition to develop a new museum concept

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The military attachés of Russia's friendly countries praised the products of Kalashnikov Concern companies during their visit to the Concern's shooting center in the Patriot Military Patriotic Park. The Russian Ministry of Defense came up with their initiative to hold the presentation. Military diplomats from Angola, Belarus, Vietnam, Guinea, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Serbia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Cameroon attended the event.


	The guests enjoyed a wide range of products of the holding companies: modern models of combat small arms, solutions in the field of dynamic protection, and equipment for special units.


	As for small arms, the guests saw and fired the Kalashnikov automatic rifles in the Ratnik line of military equipment: 5.45 mm AK-12, 7.62 mm AK-15, and 5.56 mm AK-19 assault rifle. 9 mm Lebedev pistols, 9 mm Kalashnikov PPK-20 submachine gun, and 7.62 mm Chukavin SVCH sniper rifle were of particular interest.


	The guests of the Concern appreciated the line of military clothing and equipment for special units, in particular, the modular tactical system from Triada-TKO LLC (former Group 99), outboard reactive armor complexes for light armored vehicles and onboard tank projections, equipment to reduce the visibility of armored vehicles in the radar and infrared ranges from the Research Institute of Steel JSC.

Military attachés of friendly countries praise Kalashnikov Concern products

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The Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (member of the Kalashnikov Concern) announces its competition among designers of museum and public spaces for development of the creative concept for a new museum of the company history which is supposed to become a cultural center in the Russian arms capital.


	 Press conference devoted to the project commencement will be held on March 16 at 4b Avangardnaya St., Izhevsk (Center Digital &amp; Media press hall), on the 3rd floor; the press conference will begin at 3 PM local (Moscow time + 1 hour).


	 There will be informal networking and buffet at the end of the press conference.


	 Online broadcast of the press conference will begin at 2 PM (Moscow) on March 16 in the VK communities at <a href="https://vk.com/izh_life">https://vk.com/izh_life</a>
	and <a href="https://vk.com/imz_official">https://vk.com/imz_official</a>.


	 The event will be attended by Sergey Shunin, Managing Director of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant; Vladimir Yarygin, plant veteran and designer distinguished by the Russian Federation, and Elena Filatova, Head of Corporate Communications and Social Programs of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant.


	 For the press conference registration, please contact Elena Filatova by 2 PM (Moscow) on March 15, 2023 by calling +7 905 877 65 75 (WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram).

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant announces competition

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Kalashnikov Concern will take part in the EXPOTECHNOSTRAZH. Advanced Technology Day exhibition of modern-day technologies to ensure the safety of individuals, society, and the state, to be held on March 15–17 in St. Petersburg.


	The Concern offering will include a wide range of products: modern models of military and civilian small arms, marine equipment, and high-potential solutions in dynamic protection. More than 30 items in total will be on display.


	"EXPOTECHNOSTRAZH is a traditional and important event for us in terms of its host and consumer of our products –&nbsp;the National Guard of the Russian Federation. They are a reliable, proven and extremely important partner. Our exposition focuses on MPL Lebedev modular pistol. We have started its production this year, and we are now supplying the first contract items. A batch of these products has been handed over to the customer and is undergoing some military tests," says Alan Lushnikov, President of Kalashnikov Concern JSC.


	In addition to the line of 9 mm Lebedev pistols, the combat small arms segment will include the Kalashnikov Series 100 and 200 assault rifles, PPK-20 9 mm Kalashnikov submachine gun, SVCH 7.62 mm Chukavin sniper rifle, which has successfully passed its state-supervised tests.


	Kalashnikov's civilian small arms will include, among other things, the 12x76 MR-155 Tactical semi-automatic rifle, 145 Tactical Los hunting carbine (MR-145), and the 12x76 Tactical MR-135 semi-automatic rifle.


	The Kalashnikov Concern will also show new developments in the field of individual armor protection, in particular, a line of titanium and composite helmets based on ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene and ceramic armor panels.

Kalashnikov Concern to be featured at EXPOTEKNOSTRAZH 2023

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Five students of the Kalashnikov Academy became finalists of the National Technological Olympiad, the largest Olympiad for schoolchildren in Russia. These are Andrei Bely, Mikhail Murzaev and Demid Babikov (Neuro. Artificial Intelligence), Artem Mikhailov (Space), and Maksim Taranenko (Robotics). The results of the final Artificial Intelligence stage were presented in Moscow.


	The Artificial Intelligence became the most popular and numerous in the 2022/23 season. The competitions were held at the Higher School of Economics and the Sberbank Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The finals took five days and included a subject tour (individual work on tasks in mathematics and computer science) and a profile tour (team work on an AI task).


	“This olympiad lasted for unforgettable seven days: hundred kids from different parts of Russia and other countries and I experienced a variety of emotions. We all had to go through technical challenges that eventually brought us together. The finals brought together some motivated, purposeful and smart guys whom it was very interesting to communicate with. The leaderboard was constantly changing since everyone wanted to get to the top. At the award ceremony, I learned that all my efforts were justified as I became the prize winner. I was awarded valuable technical prizes and a diploma. I am sure that this experience will help me get enrolled in the best university this summer," says Andrei Bely, the winner of the olympiad.


	This is the largest technological olympiad in Russia: its prize winners enjoy significantly simplified admission to the country's leading universities.

Kalashnikov Academy students become National Technological Olympiad winners

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"It is necessary to get back to firearms training in educational institutions: we all already understand that being able to defend oneself and the country with firearms in one's hands is a vital necessity in the modern world," says Alan Lushnikov, President of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, while speaking live on SOLOVYEVLIVE channel.


	According to him, the country approached a situation in 2021 in which the degradation of weapons production in Russia began. The reasons for this are as follows:


	• extremely inconvenient regulation of everything related to firearms;


	• almost total degradation of the mass shooting infrastructure;


	• failing prestige of possession of weapons, crimes committed with weapons, and loss of hunting skills;


	• risk of loss of a number of competencies on the part of the small arms manufacturers.


	“The ability to use small arms began to be perceived as part of a militarized Soviet person. Some youth subcultures completely rejected not only the possession of weapons, but the defense of the motherland. Later, mass media began to instill phobias of gun ownership in the Russian society. The agenda about the high hazard of weapons is constantly exaggerated. That guns kill. The emphasis was deliberately shifted from a person using the weapons to the small arms themselves," says Alan Lushnikov.


	According to the president of the Concern, the point of view that the introduction of firearms training is extremely dangerous, also for schoolchildren, is being imposed on the society. That it is required to introduce additional prohibitions and restrictions. But here's the question: why hasn't there been a single school shooting in the entire history of the USSR? Worldwide experience in combating mass shootings suggests the following: half of all weapons used in crimes is obtained on the black market, or stolen. The tightening of law regarding the legal circulation of weapons leads to an increase in illegal circulation of weapons. The solution is the training in order to develop a responsible approach to the possession of weapons, the return to firearms training in educational institutions, and the restoration of shooting range infrastructure.


	“As for the safety of our children in schools, it is necessary to approach the prevention of this social phenomenon only in a comprehensive manner.” Namely:


	First thing, use the technical means to protect schools more intensively.


	Second thing, it is necessary to conduct an experiment on introduction of school inspectors or school marshals, the way it is done abroad. These people need to be given additional rights, including the screening, use of restrictions, and participation in the prevention of antisocial behavior.


	Third thing, ensure proper operation of the existing electronic systems for prevention of violations – first of all, the Bezopasny Gorod (Safe City). It should be noted that the Kazan shooter walked through the city without hiding his weapons. Nobody stopped him.


	Fourth thing, when designing buildings and structures for educational institutions, it is necessary to provide for them with premises or equipment aimed specifically at ensuring proper safety of students as a mandatory part of their standard design.


	Fifth thing, it is necessary to impose restrictions on dissemination of information about attacks on educational organizations since this contributes to false glorification of criminals.

Alan Lushnikov: being able to defend oneself and the country with firearms in one's hands is a vital necessity

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Igor Mitrofanov and Sergei Korshun, retired colonels and veterans of the Alpha and Sigma special forces units (the latter created under the Federal Border Service of the Russian Federation) became the heroes of the new story in the special AK: No Fiction project.


	 They graduated from the Golitsyn Higher Border Military and Political School of the KGB and completed a brilliant military path in the ranks of the domestic special forces.


	 Igor Mitrofanov guarded the state border, then served in the legendary Alpha group, fought in Afghanistan, and then actively participated in the creation of the Sigma border special unit as ordered by the head of the Federal Border Service of Russia and led it for almost three years.


	 Sergei Korshun got into Alpha group immediately upon graduation, and later, he became a member of the Sigma group.


	 The Kalashnikov assault rifle has been the key firearms of the special forces throughout this challenging and dangerous path.


	 Igor Mitrofanov recalls how Mikhail Kalashnikov came to Golitsyn School and presented a green rifle to it. By the way, much attention was paid to firearms training at school: Sergei Korshun says a border guard must run fast and hit the eye of a squirrel. The same requirements were imposed in the special forces: accurately hit all types of targets with different types of small arms from any distance.


	 The heroes will tell about their military missions to the North Caucasus during which they fought against the alcohol mafia, returned 800 meters of the Russian territory illegally appropriated by the Georgians. The special forces unit detained 32 violators of the state border in just one night. In a word, the veterans of the Alpha and Sigma groups will remember a lot.


	 The video explains why it was important to have 7.62 mm and 5.45 mm Kalashnikov assault rifles at the border and also what role the warming up of the Kalashnikov assault rifle barrels played.


	 However, the main thing that the special forces officers emphasize is that the Kalashnikov assault rifle is an all-purpose weapon for any special forces unit: it never fails in extreme conditions where military men have to perform their tasks. According to Igor Mitrofanov, AK is the best rifle, "the brand for the entire world."


	 Special forces veterans also tested modern small arms developed by the Kalashnikov Concern: a 5.45 mm Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle, a 9 mm Kalashnikov PPK-20 submachine gun, a 9 mm PLK Lebedev pistol, and a 7.62 mm Chukavin sniper rifle.


 <a target="_blank" href="https://en.kalashnikovgroup.ru/media/ak-nevydumannye-istorii/ak-nevydumannye-istorii-sigma-igor-mitrofanov-sergey-korshun">Igor Mitrofanov and Sergei Korshun in AK: No Fiction project</a>

Igor Mitrofanov and Sergei Korshun in AK: No Fiction project

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The TsNIITOCHMASH-operated state testing station conducted more than 2,750 tests of various types in 2022. This includes 1,520 certification tests of individual and group armor protection, bank security equipment, as well as civilian weapons and ammunition for them, and over 1,250 evaluation tests of individual and group armor protection, and bank security equipment. This is almost 60% more than what was done in 2021.


	Such a significant increase is first of all due to the intensification of testing various means of individual and group armor protection in connection with the special military operation.


	The state testing station was established at TsNIITOCHMASH in 1960. Initially, the state testing station of the Russian Federation was the leader in all types of state testing of sports and hunting weapons and ammunition for them. In 2009, the station expanded its scope of accreditation to test the means of technical protection, armored clothing, armor protection, special vehicles, bank security equipment, armored glass, etc.


	Over the past years, the station has carried out about 15 thousand certification tests of approximately 1 million weapons, over 7 thousand batches of ammunition, and almost 6 thousand items of armor protection.

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