Marine Scientific Research Institute of radioelectronics or MNIIRE Altair design bureau (russian: Морской научно-исследовательский институт радиоэлектроники - МНИИРЭ «Альтаир») is a
Soviet
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Russia
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n enterprise, developer of
naval
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SA missile systems and radars. Headquartered in
Moscow
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History
Founded in 1933 as the All-Union State Institute of
Telemechanics and
Communication
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for the development of new weapon types for the
Red Army
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and the
Red Navy.
In 1940 the institute was granted the
Lenin Prize for the development of Rif, Zarnitsa and Angara radars for the small ships,
torpedo boat
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s and
minesweepers
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History
The earliest known usage of ...
In 1984 received the second Lenin Prize for the development of multi-channel SAM systems like Shtil, Rif and Klinok that allowed to combat the
anti-ship missile
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s.
In 2010 Altair became a subsidiary of
NPO Almaz
JSC NPO Almaz named after A.A. Raspletin (russian: link=no, ГСКБ Концерна ПВО "Алмаз-Антей", former SB-1, 1947–50; KB-1, 1950–66; MKB Strela, 1966–71; TsKB Almaz, 1971–88; NPO Almaz, 1988–2008; GSKB Almaz-Ante ...
, as the company's Science & Technical Center.
Altair ceased to exist as a separate legal entity during the same year.
Products
Major developments:
*
S-300F (SA-N-6 "Grumble"), naval SAM system
*
Uragan/Shtil (SA-N-7 "Gadfly"), naval multirole SAM system
*
Kinzhal/Klinok (SA-N-9 "Gauntlet"), naval SAM system
* Gibka, the ship turret launcher 3M-47
* ''Podzagolovok-23'', Basic Collective Mutual Interference Avoidance System
Navy cataloque
of Rosoboronexport
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navy_90-94.pdf
, PDF
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)
References
External links
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Official site of Altair
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Official site of Altair
(old site)
1933 establishments in Russia
Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Defence companies of Russia
Research institutes in the Soviet Union
Science and technology in Russia
Almaz-Antey
Manufacturing companies established in 1933
Electronics companies established in 1933
Companies based in Moscow
Electronics companies of the Soviet Union
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