JSC V.V. Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (, , NIIP) is a joint stock company, one of the Russian enterprises in the development of weaponry control systems for fighter planes and mobile medium range anti-aircraft SAM defence vehicles.
History
The institute was created on March 1, 1955 as a branch of the Moscow NII-17 by the Ministry of Aircraft Industry of the USSR Council of Ministers (Resolution N<sup>o</sup>. 2436-1005, September 18, 1954). In February 1956, the NII-17 branch was reorganized into an independent enterprise known as Scientific Research Institute for Instrumentation, or NIIP. In 1994 the institute was named after his first CEO Viktor Tikhomirov.
At present, NIIP is an enterprise with an industrial and economic infrastructure. The area occupied by the Institute is 42000 square meters.
Products and developments
Radar Control Systems
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
- 9ÃÂ37 Buk missile system with 9M38 missile - NATO codename SA-11 "Gadfly"
- 9ÃÂ37ÃÂ1 Buk-M1 (most common) with 9M38M1 missile
- Ural (unfinished, only prototypes built) - NATO codename SA-17 "Grizzly"
- 9ÃÂ317 Buk-M2 with 9M317 missile
- 9ÃÂ37M1-2 Buk-M1-2 (Buk-M1 upgrade for the use of Buk-M2 missile)
- 9ÃÂ317E Buk-M2E, recent export version of Buk-M2 ADM series featured at 2007 MAKS Airshow
- 9ÃÂ317M Buk-M3, current version of Buk-M3 ADM series featured at 2013 MAKS Airshow
Aircraft Weapon Control Systems
- MiG-31 AWCS was the first that introduced an electronically scanned phased array antenna (in Soviet Army since 1981)
- SUV-27 () AWCS for Su-27 and MiG-29, Su-30, Su-33, Su-35 and their modifications (developing process started in 1978)
- RLSU-27 () AWCS for Su-27M is a multirole DSP radiolocator based on a slot antenna (developing process started in 1982)
- Radiolocator Targeting Complex Osa - ) - an AWCS for the light fighter jets like MiG-21, MiG-29, MiG-AT
Phased Array Antennas
Radar Seekers
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, HMX).
- HYDRA interferometric side-scan sonar
Notable employees
Heads of the institute
- March 1, 1955 - 1962 - Viktor Vasilievitch Tikhomirov
- 1962-1969 - Yuriy Nikolaevitch Figurovsky, Doctor in Engineering, professor, laureate of the Lenin award, Hero of Socialist Labour
- 1969-1973 - Sergey Afanasievitch Pecherin, laureate of the Lenin Prize and two orders of the Red Banner of Labour;
- 1973-1978 - Viktor Konstantinovitch Grishin, Doctor in 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 Prize and the USSR State Prize
- since 1998 - Yuriy Ivanovitch Beliy, Honoured Radio Operator, Honoured Aircraft Engineer, member of the Scientific Technical Council of Rosoboronexport
Lead researchers and engineers
See also
References
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