JSC V.V. Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (russian: ОАО «Научно-исследовательский институт приборостроения имени В.В.Тихомирова», russian: НИИП, NIIP) is a joint stock company, one of the major

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n enterprises in the development of weaponry

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s for

fighter plane Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air supremacy, air superiority of the battlespace. Domination o ...

s and mobile medium range

anti-aircraft Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

SAM defence vehicles.

History

The institute was created on March 1, 1955 as a branch of the

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NII-17 by the Ministry of Aircraft Industry of the

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(Resolution N^o. 2436-1005, September 18, 1954). In February 1956, the NII-17 branch was reorganized into an independent enterprise, commonly known as ''Scientific Research Institute for Instrumentation'', or NIIP. At present, NIIP is a modern technically equipped enterprise with a developed industrial and economic infrastructure. The total area occupied by the Institute is 42000 square meters.

Products and developments

Radar Control Systems

N007 Zaslon The Russian (former USSR) BRLS-8B "Zaslon" (Barrier) is an all-weather multimode airborne radar developed between 1975 and 1980 by the Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design as part of the weapons control system of the MiG- ...

complex for

MiG-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 (russian: link=no, Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft that was developed for use by the Soviet Air Forces. The aircraft was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau as a ...

Medium Range Air Defense Missile Systems

* 2K12 Kub missile system with 3M9 missile, 1958-1967 (''Kvadrat'' export version) - NATO codename SA-6 "Gainful" * Kub-M1 through Kub-M4 modifications * 9К37

Buk missile system The Buk (russian: link=no, "Бук"; "beech" (tree), ) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise mis ...

with 9M38 missile - NATO codename SA-11 "Gadfly" * 9К37М1 Buk-M1 (most common) with 9M38M1 missile * Ural (unfinished, only prototypes built) - NATO codename SA-17 "Grizzly" * 9К317 Buk-M2 with 9M317 missile * 9К37M1-2 Buk-M1-2 (Buk-M1 upgrade for the use of Buk-M2 missile) * 9К317E Buk-M2E, recent export version of Buk-M2 ADM series featured at 2007

MAKS Airshow MAKS (russian: МАКС, russian: label=short for, Международный авиационно-космический салон, Mezhdunarodnyj aviatsionno-kosmicheskij salon, "International Aviation and Space Show") is an international air ...

* 9К317M Buk-M3, current version of Buk-M3 ADM series featured at 2013

ABM-1 Galosh The A-350 GRAU 5V61 ( NATO reporting name ABM-1 Galosh, formerly SH-01) was a Soviet, nuclear armed surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile.MiG-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 (russian: link=no, Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft that was developed for use by the Soviet Air Forces. The aircraft was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau as a ...

AWCS was the first that introduces an electronically scanned phased array antenna (in

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since 1981) * SUV-27 (russian: СУВ-27) AWCS for Su-27 and

MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the Mi ...

Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter ...

, Su-33, Su-35 and their modifications (developing process started in 1978) * RLSU-27 (russian: РЛСУ-27) AWCS for Su-27M is a multirole

DSP DSP may refer to: Computing * Digital signal processing, the mathematical manipulation of an information signal * Digital signal processor, a microprocessor designed for digital signal processing * Yamaha DSP-1, a proprietary digital signal ...

radiolocator based on a

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(developing process started in 1982) * Radiolocator Targeting Complex ''Osa'' - russian: РЛПК «Оса») - an AWCS for the light fighter jets like

MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nickna ...

, MiG-AT

Phased Array Antennas

* ''Pero'' passive phased array with electronic beam scanning * '' Bars'', '' Irbis'', ''

Byelka N036 Belka (russian: Белка, literally Squirrel) is an active electronically scanned array radar system developed by Tikhomirov NIIP for the fifth generation Sukhoi Su-57 fighter aircraft. Design The radar is a part of Sh121 multifunctiona ...

'' a new generation passive phased array antennas * ''Epolet-A'', an

X-band The X band is the designation for a band of frequencies in the microwave radio region of the electromagnetic spectrum. In some cases, such as in communication engineering, the frequency range of the X band is rather indefinitely set at approxi ...

active phased array An active electronically scanned array (AESA) is a type of phased array antenna, which is a computer-controlled array antenna in which the beam of radio waves can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving the ant ...

antenna (currently on a prototype stage) File:Electronically Scanned Array IRBIS E.jpg, Irbis-E at 2009

File:PAK FA AESA maks2009.jpg, N036 Byelka AESA radar for

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Radar Seekers

* N001 radar

Civil Products

* an automated control, diagnostics and traffic safety system, universal control panel for Yauza and Rusich underground trains and passenger train cars * ''Delta-Geon'', a seismic signals registrator * various ''OKO'' geological devices * an explosives detector for checking baggage and carry-on luggage (capable of detecting substances such as

RDX RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive") or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (O2N2CH2)3. It is a white solid without smell or taste, widely used as an explosive. Chemically, it is classified as a ...

, HMX). * ''HYDRA'' interferometric

side-scan sonar Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea ...

Notable employees

Heads of the institute

* March 1, 1955 - 1962 - Viktor Vasilievitch Tikhomirov * 1962-1969 - Yuriy Nikolaevitch Figurovsky, Doctor of Engineering, professor, laureate of the Lenin award,

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

* 1969-1973 - Sergey Afanasievitch Pecherin, laureate of the Lenin award and two orders of the Red Banner of Labour; * 1973-1978 - Viktor Konstantinovitch Grishin, Doctor of Engineering, professor, laureate of the Lenin and State awards, Hero of the Socialist Labour * 1978-1998 - Valentin Vasilievitch Matyashev, PhD in Engineering, professor, laureate of the Lenin and State awards * since 1998 - Yuriy Ivanovitch Beliy, Honoured Radio Operator, Honoured Aircraft Engineer, member of the Scientific Technical Council of

Rosoboronexport JSC Rosoboronexport (russian: AO Рособоронэкспорт, ''Rosoboroneksport'') is the sole state intermediary agency for Russia's exports/imports of defense-related and dual use products, technologies and services. The Rosoboronexport ...

Lead researchers and engineers

Ardalion Rastov Ardalion Ardalionovich Rastov (russian: Ардалион Ардалионович Растов; 17 June 1926 in Moscow, USSR – 31 July 2012 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet engineer and chief designer of Kub and Buk surface-to-air missile syste ...

, designer of both Kub and Buk SAMs * , chief designer of the institute

External links

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