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JSC Vega Radio Engineering Corporation (, earlier CKB-17, NII-17, MNIIP) is a Russian company specializing in military
radar Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track ...
and surveillance and C&C systems for ground-based, airborne and space systems like A-50, Almaz-1 and
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s. Headquarters located in
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at 34, Kutuzovsky Prospekt.


Overview

The company has been founded as CKB-17 () on October 1, 1944 by the Decree of
State Defense Committee The State Defense Committee () was an extraordinary organ of state power in the Soviet Union during the German-Soviet War, also called the Great Patriotic War, with complete state power in the country. General scope The Soviets set up the GKO ...
of USSR. It develops terrestrial, air and space surveillance systems, including
unmanned aerial vehicles An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard, but rather is controlled remotely or is autonomous.De Gruyter Handbook of Dron ...
(UAV). It also manufactures civilian products, such as air traffic control equipment. Vega's flagship product is the Tipchak mobile aerial system for reconnaissance and target designation. The system operates up to six UAVs launched from a pneumatic catapult. Each UAV has a range of and a 3-hour endurance. It can provide targeting for artillery and theater-based ballistic missiles at distances up to . The first Tipchak system entered service with the Russian Armed Forces in 2008. In 2007, the company's revenue was $185 million. Export share was 2.3% and share of civilian production was 10.2% The company is headquartered in
Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
and has 8,981 employees. Founded in 1944 as ''The Moscow Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Engineering'' (MNIIP), the company has during its history developed radio electronic equipment, airborne radars for early warning and control systems, including that for the A-50 airplane; space- and airborne synthetic aperture radars for earth surveillance, including those for the
Almaz The Almaz () program was a highly secret Soviet Union, Soviet military space station program, begun in the early 1960s. Three crewed military reconnaissance stations were launched between 1973 and 1976: Salyut 2, Salyut 3 and Salyut 5. To co ...
spacecraft and the IMARK flying laboratory; multi- reflector precision antennas; super-accurate radiometers, doppler aircraft navigation sensors, medical equipment, computer-aided design systems, opto-electronic devices and other electronic means.
Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design 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 ...
was created in Zhukovskiy on March 1, 1955 as a branch of the Moscow NII-17 and reorganized into an independent structure in February 1956.


Structure

Includes a number of enterprises and scientific research institutes: * Vega (
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) * Vega branch at
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* Vega branch at
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* NII Kulon (research institute "
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", development and creation of
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,
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) * KB Luch (
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design bureau,
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) * RZP (radio factory,
Rybinsk Rybinsk (, ) is the second-largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia. It lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna rivers, north-north-east of Moscow. Population: It was previously known as '' ...
) * NPP Rubin (auto control systems, tele- and radiocommunications,
Penza Penza (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura (river), Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census, Penza had ...
) * ChRZ Polet (radio factory,
Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population ...
) * IMC Vega (Engineering-Marketing Center,
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) * ''VNII Etalon'' — liquidated, came to Sozvezdie 30 Dec. 2021 * MNIIS (research institute of communications,
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) * NII Vector (radio research institute,
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
) * AO Pilot Plant Integral (radio factory,
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
) * AO Plant Energia (radio factory,
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
) * AO DKBA (
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s and
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s creation,
Dolgoprudny Dolgoprudny (, ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about north of Moscow city center. The town's name is derived from Russian "" (''dolgy prud'', lit. "long pond")—a long and narrow pond situated in the northeastern part of the town. ...
) * MNIRTI (radio research,
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) * MRTI of
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(radio research,
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) * NIITAP (Institute of Technology and Production Automation,
Zelenograd Zelenograd (, , ) is a city and administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia. The city of Zelenograd and the territory under its jurisdiction form the Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug (ZelAO), an exclave located within Moscow Oblast, north-west ...
) * AO KNIITMU (communication equipment,
Kaluga Kaluga (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Its population was 337,058 at the 2021 census. Kaluga's most famous residen ...
) * NII Argon, SKB Topaz, NICEVT


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