The Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) is a non-profit scientific organizationCharter of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences" (as amended by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated August 28, 2018 No. 1007). Explanatory note to the draft Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation "On approval of the charter of the federal state budgetary institution" Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences "(prepared by the Ministry of Defense of Russia on 02.28.2017) of the Russian Federation. RARAN coordinates the activities of scientists who carry out complex research and development (R & D) on the creation, operation and use of modern weapons, military technology and special equipment. The Academy was established on April 5, 1994 by a decree of the RF President "in order to revive the traditions of Russian military science, and to develop scientific research in the country's defense complex".On the reconstruction of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences: Presidential Decree No. 661 on April 5, 1994On the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences: Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation on July 17, 1995 No. 715 RARAN is the only scientific and expert organization in the power structures that has state status. It unites leading scientists and specialists from organizations of the Russian Ministry of Defense, other federal executive authorities and the defense industry. This union enables the solutions of problematic issues such as the systemic development of weapons and special military technology (VVST).RARAN Official site According to its legal form, RARAN is a federal state budgetary institution. By the Decree of the RF Government on July 17, 1995 No. 715, RARAN was equated with branch academies. The principles of activity and its numbers were determined: 100 full members and 200 corresponding members.Order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of March 26, 2015 No. 151 "On social guarantees for academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences" In addition, the charter provides for the possibility of electing honorary and foreign members. Since 2016, according to the decision of the board of the RF Military-Industrial Commission, RARAN was designated the head scientific organization for the Council of Chief Designers of the weapons systems of the Army. The President of the Academy was also appointed the head of this council.
Official objectives
to conduct scientific research in the areas of precision rockets, artillery and anti-aircraft weapons, electronic equipment and systems for the control of arms and troops. to develop theory and technology for the creation of missile and artillery systems, including those used for peaceful purposes. to participate in the formation and development of programs in fundamental scientific research for the creation of advanced systems and weapons complexes. to train qualified specialists for the Russian Armed Forces and defense industry.
Russo-Ukrainian war
In May 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi, said that a facility in the Russian-occupied town Snizhne linked with the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences had been struck with drones. Reportedly, the facility was being used to train drone operators and produce war related material, and the attack killed 65 Russian cadets and the head of the facility, along with destroying equipment.
Academy Structure
Office of the Presidium Source:Composition of the RARAN Presidium on the official website Secretariat of the Presidium Administrative management Financial and economic services Legal services Secretariat of the Council of Chief Designers
Scientific Departments of the Academy Military-technical policy and military economy. Weapons systems for land missions. Weapons systems for combat in airspace. Weapons systems for dealing with space warfare. Weapons systems for ocean and naval theater control. Inter-specific intelligence systems. Advanced technological warfare based on new physical principles. Substances and materials for advanced weapons of warfare. Technical and technological development in the defense industry. Problems of military security. Material, technical and financial support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Regional Scientific Centers North-West Regional Scientific Center RARAN - St. Petersburg RARAN growth points. Sarov: news (20 march 2015) Volga Regional Scientific Center RARAN - Sarov Tula Regional Scientific Center RARAN - TulaTula News Ural-Siberian Regional Scientific Center RARAN - Nizhny Tagil Official site of the Ural-Siberian Scientific Center RARAN
Associate Members Scientific Center "Aviation Technology and Armament"RARAN Associate Members Preobrazhensky Scientific Center Petrovsky Scientific Center Scientific Center of Rocket and Space SystemsResolution of the RF Government Scientific Center for Interspecific Research in Advanced Weapons, Military and Special Technology Saint Petersburg Scientific Center Scientific Center "Levsha" Scientific Center "Innovation in Troops Logistics" Scientific Center of Advanced Technologies for Military Equipment
Publications "RARAN News"News from the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences "Protection and Security""Protection and Security" Journal website "Armament and Economics"Site of the magazine "Armament and Economics" "Weapons and Military Technology Research and Development Reference Library" : (10 volumes) 2004 - 2012Publications on the RARAN website "Scientific Library" (issued since 2014 in order to preserve the scientific heritage of Russian military science)
Scientific Conferences and Symposia "Modern methods of designing and testing missile and artillery weapons" (conducted since 1998)RARAN website: Academy News "Actual problems of design, manufacturing and testing of body armor"Information about the symposium on the website of the associate member of RARAN "Armokom" "Design of weapons systems and measuring complexes"Information about the conference on the RARAN website
External links "Military Thought" No. 3 March 2011, dedicated to RARAN Military encyclopedic dictionary Handbook of the Russian Council on International Affairs 60th anniversary of the birth of the President of the Academy and the editor-in-chief of the journal, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Major General Vasily Mikhailovich Burenka XX years of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences // "Arsenal of the Fatherland" - information and analytical journal; No. 2 (10). 2014 Information agency "Arms of Russia": "RARAN celebrates the 20th anniversary of its re-establishment" (published 04.21.14)
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