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Academy of Rocket Motors Technology - [ARMT]
4th Academy

The Academy of Rocket Motors Technology [ARMT], the Fourth Academy, is responsible for the development and production of solid rocket motors in China. This large-scale research academy, which mainly develops solid rocket motors, also designs composite materials, chemicals, electronic instruments, power machinery, and pressure vessels. Created in 1962, it employs 12,000 persons, and is headquartered in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Other reports suggesting that the total staff number only 3,500 are probably with reference only to the Hexi Chemical Machinery Company component of this enterprise.

Products include the FG-23 solid-propellant motors for the FSW, FG-15-S28, and AKM observation satellites, and the EPKM [Earth Perigee Kick Motor] motors for telecommunications satellites, as well as motors for the LM-1 launcher (GF-02 third stage), the M-9 and M-11 tactical missiles, the JL-1 [Julang-1] SLBM [submarine launched ballistic missile], etc. These military rockets, developed by CALT and SHBOA, are probably produced by the secret Northwest Chemical Power Company "rear base" built at Xian in 1965.

Entity Corporation Location Staff Director Activities
41st Research Institute Shanxi Institute of Power Machinery [SIPM] Hohhot Wang Desheng Solid rocket motor design and systems engineering
42nd Research Institute Red Star Chemical Institute Hubei
43th Research Institute Shaanxi Institute of Non-Metallic Materials and Technology Filament winding machines
44th Research Institute Shaanxi Institute of Electronics
46th Research Institute Hexi
47th Research Institute Xiangyang Chemical Machinery Corporation
401st Research Institute SLBM solid rocket motors
7414 Factory Shaanxi Hongchuan Machinery Factory
7416 Factory Shaanxi Changhong Chemical Plant Assembly factory
7422 Factory Xian Space Lanling Factory
7424 Factory
Shaanxi Xianfeng Institute of Machinery
Northwest Chemical Power Company Xian
China Hexi Chemistry and Machinery Company
Synthetic Chemical Engineering Institute subsidiary of China Hexi Chemistry and Machinery Company
Inner Mongolia Hongguang Machinery Plant subsidiary of China Hexi Chemistry and Machinery Company
Inner Mongolia Hongxia Chemical Plant subsidiary of China Hexi Chemistry and Machinery Company
Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Plant subsidiary of China Hexi Chemistry and Machinery Company

The Shanxi Institute of Power Machinery is engaged in research and design of aerospace power devices. While the work of this large-scale multidiscipline design and research institute is primarily solid rocket motor designs, other civil products include mechanical and electrical equipment, chemical products, high-pressure vessel design, computer software development, pyrotechnics, ignition components, shock, vibration and environmental test equipment, vacuum technology, laser holographic test and laser ignition application research, structure and strength mechanics research and test, and power device combustion thermal structures.

The China Hexi Chemistry and Machinery Company has developed and produced a variety of solid rocket motors since the Company was founded in 1965. The Company possesses advanced production facilities, test equipments, precision analytical apparatus for rapid data acquistition, and a 40T spinning machine. Civil products include pressure vessels, satellite ground receiving antennae, multifunction digital measuring stands, spherical aluminium powder and paints, polyesters and bonding agents.

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