Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
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Industry | Arms industry Aerospace industry Space industry |
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Founded | 1946 |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Products | Ballistic missiles, Submarine-launched ballistic missiles, Launch vehicles |
Revenue | $1.51 billion[1] (2014) |
Owner | Federal Agency for State Property Management |
Parent | Roscosmos[2] |
Website | corp-mit |
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT; Russian: Акционерное общество «Корпорация Московский институт теплотехники», lit. 'JSC Corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology"')[3] is a Russian (formerly Soviet) engineering and scientific research institute founded on May 13, 1946. The institute is located in the Otradnoye District in the north of Moscow.
Previously, it was primarily focused on developing ballistic missiles and rockets to increase the nation's strategic deterrent capability. Today, it is also involved in civilian projects and has modified some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles into launch vehicles to be used for satellites. The name can also be translated as Moscow Institute of Thermal Equipment.