Institute for Testing and Certification of Armaments and Military Materiel (ITC AMM) established in 1999. Founders: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences. Major activities: Quality research effort and development of quality assurance procedures for armaments and military materiel, certification of quality systems of defense-oriented enterprises, certification of military and dual-purpose products, training of QS managers and QS assessors, retraining of Military Representatives, provision of marketing, engineering and other services, publishing of Military Register Bulletin.