Marine Scientific Research Institute of radioelectronics or MNIIRE Altair design bureau () 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

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for the development of Rif, Zarnitsa and Angara radars for the small ships,

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s and

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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, as the company's Science & Technical Center. Altair ceased to exist as a separate legal entity during the same year (December 22, 2010).

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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Management

* 1933-1937: Suchkov F. F. * 1937-1940: Shorin A. F. * 1940-1942: ? * 1942-1949: Kalmykov V. D. * 1949-1952: Savelyev B. N. * 1953-1976: Petelin M. P. * 1976-1978: Bukatov V. A. * 1978-1986: Malennikov L. B. * 1986-1991: Izmaylov V. F. * 1991-2006: Klimov S. A. * 2006-2007: Gusev V. N. * 2008-2010: Dobrik I. I.

References

External links

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Official site of Altair
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Official site of Altair
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