Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant

Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant
Company typeState-owned joint-stock company
IndustryDefense
Founded1957
Headquarters
Izhevsk
,
Russia
Revenue$347 million[1] (2014)
ParentAlmaz-Antey
Websitekupol.ru
Main Building of KUPOL JSC

JSC Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant or IEMZ Kupol for short (Russian: Ижевский электромеханический завод «Купол») is a Russian military R&D enterprise founded in 1957. It is located in Izhevsk (3 Pesochnaya str).[2] It is part of the state-owned Almaz-Antey holding.[3]

According to a Reuters report from September 2024, two sources from a European intelligence agency had told the news agency that IEMZ Kupol had produced more than 2,500 drones of a new type, called Garpiya, from July 2023 to July 2024 which, as per documents seen by Reuters, had Chinese engines and parts. The intelligence sources told Reuters that the drones had been used by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine against military and civilian targets.[3] The company has been sanctioned by the US since December 2023.[4]

On 17 November 2024 social media and Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation reported that the plant had been struck by a Ukrainian A-22 UCAV.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ http://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2016/05/5716c2249a79472b85254179. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ GlobalSecurity.org: IEMZ Kupol
  3. ^ a b Deutsch, Anthony; Balmforth, Tom (2024-09-13). "Exclusive: Russia produces kamikaze drone with Chinese engine". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  4. ^ "Russia using Chinese engines to make attack drones – Reuters". The Moscow Times. 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  5. ^ @Gerashchenko_en (November 17, 2024). "Russian Telegram channels report a drone attack on Izhevsk Kupol Electromechanical Plant that produces air defense systems" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @Tendar (November 17, 2024). "An Ukrainian A-22 UAV struck the workshop of the military plant in Izhevsk, which is more than 1,300 km (820 miles) from the Ukrainian border. The plant produces components for the Tor air defense missile system" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Drones attack Russia's Izhevsk plant manufacturing air defense systems". Ukrinform. 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-17.