Arctic Trade and Transport Company (ATTK)

Company management structure

Head office

Design bureau

Production complex

Testing center

Management and specialists

Dr. Ruben Nagapetyan,
President of
JSC "ATTK"

«Arctic Trade and Transport Company» ("ATTK") is a scientific research and manufacturing company specializing in development, design and production of ekranoplans (Wing in Ground  crafs) - advanced high-speed ships of civil application, using ground effect.

The company was founded in 1992 at a time when the works on creation of Russian Navy WIG-craft were practically stopped. Owing to the efforts and investments of the company founders the infrastructure of industrial complex in Chkalovsk (former production and test base of Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau) has been restored in the short time and the leading specialists in the field WIG-craft building – the closest followers of Russian designer of high-speed vessels Rostislav Alekseev – have been involved in the company.

Specialists of "ATTK" JSC jointly with the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Central research institute of A.N. Krylov and Central scientific-research institute of Navy (CNIIMF JSC) have developed and implemented for the first time safety norms for WIG-craft, both at the level of International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS).

Ekranoplan «Aquaglide-5» designed by specialists of "ATTK" has the Safety code of IMO and Certificate of RMRS. Designers of "ATTK" also developed a family of advanced transport ekranoplans for various purposes, united under the brand of «Aquaglide».

The Head office is located in Moscow.

Design and production complex of "ATTK" includes Design Bureau, the Scientific and Technical Council, Certification department that is located in Nizhniy Novgorod, as well as the Chkalovsky production complex, Technical Support and Training center and Testing center, that is located in Nizhniy Novgorod region near the flow-in place of Trotsa river to the Gorky reservoir.

Company management structure

Head office
The Head office focuses main management of company. The structure and functions of the Head office are directed to the strategic targets of management. In the Head office negotiations are held with partners and customers of the company. Commercial offers and all the contract information on products and services of the company are available at the Directorate of Marketing and Sales. The collaboration and cooperation in scientific, technical and industrial fields are considered in the Directorate of target programs and projects of the company.

Design bureau
More than 50 highly qualified designers are employed in Design bureau. The development and design process is being performed through utilization of advanced CAD systems and specialized application programs such as: SeaHydro, SeaSolution etc. A system of central planning and project management is installed. A major direction of the Nizhniy Novgorod department of the company is working on certification of ekranoplans, which is conducted jointly with the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Central research institute of Acad. A.N.Krylov and CNIIMF JSC.

Production complex
Production complex includes building berth and assembly hall, machining shop, fiberglass production, paint shop, warehouses and car park, support and service facilities. Production facilities ensure the annual program of 8-10 ekranoplans. At 2010, it is planned to complete the reconstruction of the new building of assembly plant that would enable to extend the production program up to 16-20 ekranoplans annually.

Assembly Shop

Assembly Shop

The testing center consists of a unique test pool more than 300 m long, wind tunnel and test-benches, which provides tests of ekranoplan models for the aim of calibration of aero and hydrodynamic characteristics of designed crafts.


Design and production complex has direct access to the waters of Gorky reservoir which is a testing range for ekranoplans. Having the amphibious qualities ekranoplan «Aquaglide-5» can directly start moving from the assembly hall and come out to outer water.
Head office:
Address: 21A Obraztsova str., Moscow, 127018 Russia

e-mail: info@attk.ru
w-site: http://www.attk.ru

Design bureau:
Address: 21, Sormovskoye shosse, Nizhniy Novgorod

Production complex:
Address: 5, Alekseeva str., der.Kuznetsovo, Chkalovsky district, Nizhniy Novgorod region, 606549, Russia
Tel./fax: +7(83160) 4-24-09
e-mail: kbnn@attk.ru

The management of the company and the leading specialists:

Viktor Ivanenko Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ruben Nagapetyan President of the company, Ph.D.
Natalia Fomicheva Vice President / Finance
Gennady Danielyan Vice President / Target programs
Valery Belyak Director / Marketing and Sales
Alexander Maskalik Head of Scientific researches and certification, Sc.D., Prof.
Anatoly Lukjanov Chief designer of ekranoplans «Aquaglide»
Mikhail Pyshkov Head of production complex

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