{"id":18490,"date":"2024-01-12T07:14:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T07:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=18490"},"modified":"2024-01-12T07:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T07:14:12","slug":"cybint-stc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cybint-stc\/","title":{"rendered":"CYBINT investigation: how the Orlan-10 manufacturer imports parts bypassing sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November 2023, Ukrainian hacktivists of the Cyber Resistance group handed over to InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community internal documentation of the sanctioned Russian Special Technological Center LLC (STC), known in particular for the production of the Russian Orlan-10 UAVs. The documents provided by the hacktivists for our analysis directly confirm that a network of front companies continues to import equipment and parts produced by European, American and Asian companies into Russia. These supplies are mission-critical for the Russian production of weapons and military equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

STC: ORLANS AND MORE<\/h2>\n

SPECIAL TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER (STC) [Rus.: \u041e\u041e\u041e “\u0421\u041f\u0415\u0426\u0418\u0410\u041b\u042c\u041d\u042b\u0419 \u0422\u0415\u0425\u041d\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0413\u0418\u0427\u0415\u0421\u041a\u0418\u0419 \u0426\u0415\u041d\u0422\u0420”] is based in St. Petersburg, registered at 21 Gzhatskaya str., bldg. B, office 53.<\/p>\n

This enterprise plays an important role in supporting the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. According to the official website of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine<\/a>, sanctions have already been imposed on this organization by the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, EU member countries and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, one of the relatively new employees of STC is a Russian military hacker who is wanted by the FBI for interfering in the American elections. Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Morgachev<\/strong>, the focus of an earlier CYBINT study<\/a> published by InformNapalm has been working there since September 2022.<\/p>\n

In general, STC is producing a fairly wide range of telecommunications equipment.<\/p>\n

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They make no secret that they also make special military equipment, mentioning it on their own website. This fact is corroborated by both satellite images and data from the documentation obtained by the hacktivists.<\/p>\n

For example, contracts for the supply of components directly contain the notice about STC taking part in the implementation of the state defense order<\/strong>. Accordingly, everything is financed by the aggressor state, so suppliers need to open separate bank accounts, as is usually the case with budget financing.<\/p>\n

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STC production facilities are located at: 150 Piskarevsky prospect, building 5, St. Petersburg, Russia. Satellite images show military vehicles in the parking lot of this building.<\/p>\n

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The photo which was obtained directly inside the premises shows that these vehicles are Russian electronic warfare systems RB-341V Leer-3. These systems were also repeatedly detected by InformNapalm in eastern Ukraine<\/a> even before the full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n

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The Leer-3 system was developed and produced by STC, and it includes three Orlan-10 UAVs.<\/p>\n

The company also owns a number of other premises. For example, warehouses at 17 Nepokorennykh Ave, St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\n

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In the first year of a full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian youtubers mocked the “ingenuity” of Russian designers, when an autopsy of a downed Orlan-10 revealed that the UAV used a simple plastic bottle instead of a fuel tank, and the optics were Canon cameras. However, the damage done by these mass-produced UAVs in the frontline is no laughing matter.<\/p>\n