Atri
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| Joint-stock company | |
| Industry | Arms industry |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | Balam Ek Akhemouk |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yaxkin Akhemouk (Chairman) Ihemod Djerba (President and CEO) |
| Products | Guided missiles, UAVs |
Number of employees | 13,000 |
The Atri Corporation (Tamashek: ⴰⵜⵔⵉ ⴽoⵔⵒⵓⵙ, Atri Korpus, tr. "Star Corporation") is a Charnean arms manufacturer and major supplier of the Charnean Army and its allies in the region. It specializes in the manufacture of guided missiles, UAVs, as well as advanced sights and targeting equipment used in other areas of the defense industry. Atri is best known for its innovations in the sector of military drones, a technology which Atri engineers were among the first to embrace and further develop in its earliest days at the height of the Ninvite War. Together with Eruere Enterprises, Atri represents the leading edge of technologically sophisticated manufacturing to begin operations inside Charnea, a feat made possible by lucrative military contracts. It is the largest domestic military contractor in Charnea by revenue and value of Charnean Army contracts, while taking up a second place position behind the Akayon Corporation in number of employees. Many Atri products are competitive on the international market for military contracts due to the low price tag enabled by a combination of low labor costs as well as comparatively simple manufacturing techniques and design philosophies inspired by the tactical demands and financial limitations of the Charnean Army. As a result, this Charnean firm is able to actively compete for contracts with far larger and more established aerospace companies from around the world manufacturing larger, more sophisticated, and significantly more expensive products.
Founded in 1959 in the western Charnean city of Azifa as a munitions manufacturer, Atri originally specialized in artillery shells and unguided surface-to-surface rockets. The business later expanded into early types of anti-tank guided missiles manufactured under license from foreign firms, a production line which would gain Atri the attention of the Charnean military procurement apparatus after the 1977 arms embargoes which deeply impacted the Charnean Army and its domestic military industry. Thanks to its existing production line for related products, Atri gained massive government investment and undertook a rapid expansion of its production of ATGM systems, later branching out into ground as well as air-launched missiles and becoming one of the first companies in the world to manufacture an armed UAV built for direct use in combat in 1981. The company would also undertake a move of its manufacturing center from Azifa to larger, better equipped facilities in Ekelhoc, while moving their corporate headquarters to Agnannet. Since its success in the later Ninvite War, Atri has specialized in the interrelated technologies of guided missiles and drones, while also dabbling in the production of sights and targeting equipment directly related to their munitions manufacturing process which are of use in the manufacturing of military vehicles and aircraft. Most of Atri's production by volume of units falls under the category of man-portable as well as vehicle-mounted guided missile systems for which their primary buyer is the Charnean Army, while its most lucrative contracts are those for UAVs which are their most successful export products.