STC DELTA

STC DELTA
სსსტც „დელტა“

Genre	Research and development (military, civilian)
Predecessor	LEPL State Military Scientific-Technical Center DELTA
Founded	1990s
Headquarters	181 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street, Tbilisi, Georgia
Number of employees	~6000[1] (2013)
Subsidiaries	Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing
Website	delta.gov.ge

The State Military Scientific-Technical Center “Delta” is a Georgian government-owned, autonomous R&D and production center for military and civilian hardware. Headquartered in Tbilisi, Delta was formed on the basis of six scientific research centers and production facilities, histories of which go back to the early 1940s under the former Georgian SSR.

Employing several thousand people, Delta is focused on research and development of new military projects, as well as the modernization and production of already established Soviet military hardware.^[2] Delta fell under the jurisdiction of the Georgian Ministry of Defense until March 2014, when the government passed the control over the enterprise to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. However the centre was reinstituted to the Ministry of Defence soon afterwards.

Headquarters of STC DELTA

Mission

Delta's self-declared mission is to strengthen Georgia through the development of successful military projects, contributing to national defense and supporting the well-being of the civil society.^[3]

History

The history of Delta takes its rise from the 1990s. At that time RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launchers, “Kodor” type fragmentation projectiles for RPG-7 grenade launchers, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars and other armament of Georgian production were produced and passed to the armed forces. In 1999 for the first time the center presented its production table of arms and ammunition during a foreign exhibition, namely in Romania at EXPOMIL-99. In 2000-2002, Delta produced low quantities of light assault vehicles DELGA-1 and DELGA-2 that were passed to special operations forces for testing.

Aiming for the establishment of a Georgian military-industrial complex, on July 1, 2010 Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing was incorporated to Delta with its movable and immovable assets and intellectual resources.

On May 26, 2011, during the military parade confined to the Independence Day of Georgia, STC Delta showed its first armored vehicles Didgori 1 and Didgori-2 to the public.

On February 25, 2012 the first Georgian infantry fighting vehicle Lazika was unveiled and on March 3, 2012 STC Delta presented the first Georgian multiple launch rocket system, DRS-122.

On April 10, 2012, on the Vaziani training area, flight tests for Delta's new unmanned aerial vehicle were performed. During the military parade on May 26, 2012, STC Delta exposed nearly the full list of weapons and heavy vehicles of its research and production. During 2013, for the purpose of increasing competitiveness and production optimization, a wide range of reforms and modifications were conducted. As a result of this the company came into the world arms market.

On January 28, 2014, STC Delta introduced three new items: anti-hail systems for civil use, a command and communications vehicle developed on the basis of armored vehicle Didgori and 12,7x108mm caliber Anti-materiel rifles.

On February 10 of the same year, on a training area for special operations forces Deltas newly developed ballistic body armors and helmets were tested in front of military and civil representatives of the Georgian government, as well as foreign attaches and mass media.

Renewed, “Delta” presented part of its products on large-scale international exhibition of defense industry SOFEX 2014^[4] that was held in Jordan on July 6–8, 2014. Among presented exhibits, there were body armors, helmets, antitank mines RD-7 and other products.

On May 26, 2014, on the military parade in Tbilisi, STC Delta exhibited a renewed list of products, namely: an upgraded version of the BRDM-2, three modifications of 12,7 mm countersniper rifles, pistols, cartridges, optical sighting devices, body armors and other items.

Functions and scope of activities

• Development, recovery, updating, maintenance and repair of combat weapon, munitions, military equipment and ammunition according to existing legislation of Georgia
• Classification, evaluation of applicability and cost, utilization and realization of expired, unused military equipment, munitions and weapon available in the country
• Processing of explosive agents intended for military and industrial use
• Design and building of military-industrial objects of special purpose
• Development of armor materials, scientific-technical support of security systems of manpower and special objects
• Development and production of control and measuring-metrological devices intended for special military-technical equipment and technological processes
• Development, implementation, recovery, updating, maintenance and repair of optical and electronic devices-machines as well as special-purpose systems and their equipment
• Design, implementation, maintenance and repair of special security systems of military objects and buildings-constructions
• Processing, recovery, updating, maintenance and repair of military-training simulators
• Methodological and hardware support of tests on training area
• Acquisition – storage, transportation and realization of explosive agents, weapons, munitions and their elements according to existing legislation of Georgia
• Coordination and support of humanitarian demining activity;
• Processing, updating, development, implementation and maintenance of systems concerned with avalanche protection and antihail activities in the country;

Structural divisions

• Administration Department;
• Public Relations Department;
• Legal Department;
• Finance and Planning Department;
• Human Resources Department;
• Secret Department;
• Security Department;
• Foreign Economic Department;
• State Procurement Department;
• Internal Audit and Quality Control Department;
• Logistics Department;
• Project Service and Control Department;
• Special Chemicals, Utilization and Ecology Department;
• Information Technology Department;
• Operational Control Department;
• Design, Research and Development Department;
• Engineering Department;
• Main Production;
• Software Control Department;
• Software and Information-Technology Project Control Department;
• Learning Youth Development Administration

Scientific institutes and companies entering into STC “Delta”

• I. Vekua Sukhumi Physics-Technical Institute;
• Institute “Optics”;
• Grigol Tsulukidze Mining Institute;
• R. Dvali Machine – Mechanics Institute;
• F. Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute;
• Micro and Nano Electronics Institute;
• SAT Energy, electronics and laser research
• Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing.

Military production

Armored personnel carrier

Didgori APC

Command & Communications Vehicle

• Didgori series armoured personnel carriers.^[5]
  • Didgori-1
  • Didgori-2
  • Command and communications vehicle.^[6]
  • Didgori-3
  • Didgori Medevac ^[7]
• modernised BRDM-2.^[8]

Infantry fighting vehicle

Infantry fighting vehicle “Lazika”

• Lazika modular infantry fighting vehicle.^[9][10][11]

Military engineering vehicles

• Armored demining vehicles^[12]

Remote-controlled weapons

Remote weapon stations

• DRWS-1^[13]
• DRWS-2^[14]

Universal combat modules

• UMD-1^[15]
• UMD-2^[16]

Artillery

Multiple rocket launcher

• RS-122 122 mm MRL.^[17][18]

Mortar carriers

• GMM-120 self-propelled mortar

Mortars

• GNM-60 mkudro 60 mm noiseless hand mortar^[19]
• GM-60 60 mm mortar.^[20]
• GM-82 82 mm mortar.^[21]
• GM-120 120 mm mortar.^[22]
• GMM-120 120 mm automated self-propelled mortar module^[23]

Aviation products

DRS-122 MRL

• SU-25KM "Scorpion"
• Georgian UAV unmanned aerial system^[24]
• Multi-role unmanned helicopter^[25]

Air-to-air missiles

• R-60 (missile) infrared homing air-to-air missile
• R-73 (missile) infrared homing air-to-air missile

Anti-ship missile

• AS-2 Kipper(К-10С) nuclear anti-ship missile

Small arms, rifles, carbines and grenade launchers

GNM-60 silent hand mortar

UBGL-1 underbarrel grenade launcher

Georgian GP-25

Georgian AG-40

Georgian body armor level 4 and ballistic helmet

PDSHP-1 anti-material rifle

Satevari sniper rifle

Pistols

• 9×17mm Scorpion silent pistol^[26]
• 9×19mm service pistol.^[27]

Carbines

• G13 carbine

Sniper rifles

• PDSHP Anti-material rifles
  • 12.7×108mm PDSHP-1^[28]
  • 12.7×108mm PDSHP-2^[29]
  • 14.5×114mm PDSHP-3
• Multicaliber modular sniper rifles
  • Satevari MSWP
    • .300 Norma Magnum
    • .308 Winchester
    • .338 GBM
    • .375 GBM
    • .338 Lapua Magnum
    • .50 BMG

Anti-armour weapons

• RPG-7G upgraded version of RPG-7.^[30]
• PDM-1 one-shot disposable grenade launcher.^[31]

Grenade launchers

• UBGL-1 40×46mm under-barrel grenade launcher (M4).^[32]
• AG-40 40×46mm under-barrel grenade launcher (AK-74).^[33]
• GP-25 40×46mm under-barrel grenade launcher (AKM / AK-74).^[34]

Mines

• RD-7 off-route anti-tank mine.^[35]

Other items

• Suppressors
  • 5.45×39mm suppressors for AK-74s.^[36]
  • 5.56×45mm NATO suppressors for M4 carbines.^[37]
  • .338 Lapua Magnum suppressors for SRS sniper rifles.^[38]
• Blank-firing adaptors.^[39]
• Bulletproof vests
  • Mk-1 army & police special forces vest^[40]
  • Mk-2 army standart issue vest^[41]
• Bulletproof helmets
  • DH MK-1 general purpose army helmet.^[42]
  • DH MK-2 tactical helmet.^[43]
  • DH MK-3 tactical helmet.^[44]
• Hand Grenades
• Watchtower
  • 3–12 m guard towers^[45]
• Tents
  • various types and sized military tents.^[46]
• Military beds^[47]
• Continuous tracks
  • Rubber Pads / track shoes for tracked military vehicles.^[48]

Civilian production

• Tam Jet -(four seated private jet)
• Elit Jet -(seven seated private jet)
• CD-56 hail suppression system^[49]

Items for police/security forces

• Riot protection helmets.^[50]
• Anti-riot fences.^[51]
• Ballistic shields
  • Steel and composite armor shields.^[52]
• Riot shields
  • Polycarbonite police shields.^[53]
• Ballistic vests
  • Tactical vest MK-III.^[54]
  • Tactical vest MK-IV for Collection and Deposit protection services.^[55]
• Police batons.^[56]
• Spike strips.^[57]
• Grenade launchers
  • Non-lethal grenade launcher ARGL-1.^[58]
• Submachine guns
  • Iamani 9×19mm SMG^[59]
• Tactical hand grenades

References

External links

• The Legislative Herald of Georgia
• The Ministry of Defense of Georgia