VNIIRT
Russian manufacturer of air surveillance radars
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VNIIRT - All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Radio Engineering (Russian: Всероссийский НИИ Радиотехники) is a Russian manufacturer of air surveillance radars. It is part of the Almaz-Antey holding.[1]
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| Company type | Joint-stock company |
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| Founded | 1921 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Parent | Almaz-Antey |
| Website | www |
VNIIRT is the primary Russian designer of ground-based air surveillance radars. It performs scientific research and experimental design work on radars for both the strategic air defense forces and for the ground forces. It has devoted much attention to metric-band (VHF) radars, which have inherent counter-stealth capabilities and are relatively unaffected by meteorological obscuration. VNIIRT's products also have application to civil air traffic control.[2]
VNIIRT designed air surveillance radars
| Radar | NATO reporting name | Radio spectrum (NATO) | Developed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-15 Tropa | FLAT FACE A | UHF | 1955 | |
| ST-68 | TIN SHIELD | E-band | 1970 | First Soviet radar with digital coherent signal processing |
| P-19 Danube | FLAT FACE B | UHF | 1974 |
Management and leading specialists
Directors
- 1944-1950 — Kurakin Kuzma Lavrentievich
- 1950-1964 — Zemnorey Andrey Petrovich
- 1964-1980 — Chudakov Pavel Mikhailovich
Leading Specialists
- Belov Nikolai Ivanovich — worked in various scientific and managerial positions from 1938 to 1946. He was twice awarded the Stalin Prize for his work at the Institute (1943, 1946).
- Kobzarev Yuri Borisovich — worked in various scientific and managerial positions from 1949 to 1968. For his work at the institute he was awarded two Orders of Lenin (1952, 1965).
