Marine Scientific Research Institute of radioelectronics or MNIIRE Altair design bureau (russian: Морской научно-исследовательский институт радиоэлектроники - МНИИРЭ «Альтаир») is a

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n enterprise, developer of

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SA missile systems and radars. Headquartered in

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History

Founded in 1933 as the All-Union State Institute of Telemechanics and

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for the development of new weapon types for the

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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,

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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

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s. In 2010 Altair became a subsidiary of

NPO Almaz Joint-stock company, 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, 1988–2 ...

, 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 SystemNavy cataloque
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References

External links

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Official site of Altair
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Official site of Altair
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