Conducts basic and applied military research, and has headquarters in Moscow.
Public organization "Academy of Military Sciences" was registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, June 3, 1994 (certificate of registration No.2278).
Creation of an organization approved February 20, 1995, decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
[1] Since its founding, academic and Army General Makhmut Gareev served as its president until his death in 2019.
[3] The academy has relationships with Russian research centers and scientific organizations of the CIS countries, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the Military University of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of Russia League for defense companies, MGIMO and other universities, research institutes, departmental and public research institutions.