# NPO Mashinostroyeniya

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NPO Mashinostroyeniya is Russia's main designer of anti-ship cruise missiles, founded in 1944 and based in Reutov near Moscow. It is part of the state-owned Tactical Missiles Corporation and built the P-800 Oniks and the Zircon hypersonic missile.

## In brief

- Prime contractor for Zircon; Ukrainian intelligence lists 70 enterprises behind the missile.
- Partner in BrahMos Aerospace with India; under US sanctions since 2014.

## Facts

- Founded: 1944
- Headquarters: RU
- Status: subsidiary (Tactical Missiles Corporation)
- Frontiers: [Aviation](https://technooptimist.io/aviation.md) (Hypersonic missiles)

## Programs

- [3M22 Zircon](https://technooptimist.io/aviation/zircon.md) (Aviation): Deploy. In service on ships; used against Kyiv since Feb 2024, where some were shot down

## Latest updates

- **31 Aug 2026**: Ukrainian intelligence dossier suggests Zircon is a solid-rocket missile, not a scramjet. Ukraine's military intelligence published a breakdown of Zircon listing a 3L2211 solid-fuel rocket motor from NPO Iskra and no air-breathing engine, and wreckage analysis found what looks like a second-stage solid motor. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/ukrainian-intelligence-dossier-suggests-zircon-is-a-solid-rocket-c0b039f1.md) · [original source](https://www.twz.com/sea/russias-zircon-may-not-be-a-hypersonic-cruise-missile-after-all))
- **1 Apr 2024**: Kyiv says Russia fired five Zircon missiles at the city in the first three months of 2024. Kyiv's city military administration said Russia launched five 3M22 Zircon missiles against Kyiv in the first quarter of 2024, including in a 25 March attack. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/kyiv-says-russia-fired-five-zircon-missiles-at-the-city-in-the-first-adbc0684.md) · [original source](https://www.kyivindependent.com/authorities-russia-used-5-zircon-hypersonic-missiles-against-kyiv-since-start-of-2024))
- **12 Feb 2024**: Kyiv forensic institute says Russia struck Kyiv with a Zircon missile on 7 February. Oleksandr Ruvin, director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Examinations, said markings on wreckage showed Russia used a 3M22 Zircon in the 7 February 2024 attack on Kyiv, the first identified combat use of the missile. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/kyiv-forensic-institute-says-russia-struck-kyiv-with-a-zircon-missile-b4f15997.md) · [original source](https://babel.ua/en/news/103830-on-february-7-russian-troops-hit-kyiv-with-a-zircon-missile-the-expertise-has-preliminary-conclusions))

## Partners, customers and investors

- Russian Ministry of Defence (customer): Zircon development and production contracts
- NPO Iskra (supplier): Solid-fuel rocket motor for Zircon, per Ukrainian intelligence

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