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17 February 2005 10:48
Russia about to complete next generation phased array radar
The Fazotron-NIIR Corporation is about to complete development of an onboard active phased array radar, Fazotron-NIIR Director General and Designer General Anatoliy Kanashchenkov told Interfax-Military News Agency today.
“Development of the next-generation active phased array radar will be completed in the first quarter of 2005. The array with a diameter of 700 mm has already been launched into mass production,” Kanashchenkov said.
He noted that Fazotron-NIIR, the Tekhnokompleks Research and Production Centre, and the MiG Aircraft Corporation had signed an agreement on developing a future light fighter.
“Fazotron-NIIR actively works on developing the future active phased array radar to be mounted on the light fighter, being developed by MiG,” he said.
According to him, much progress has been made in manufacturing radiating elements of the active phased array radar.
“The quadruple module has already been produced. It is natural, that there are certain difficulties, just as is the case with any research and development – certain components still feature unstable characteristics. However, this problem will be solved,” Kanashchenkov said.
According to him, the corporation incurs additional expenditures on the project.
Kanashchenkov said that components of the active phased array radar were developed in cooperation with several enterprises.
“Three companies, participating in the project, have established a joint production facility, being upgraded in order to establish the module assembly line,” Kanashchenkov said.
According to him, the production facility is based on the Tomsk MIKRAN Institute which has a fairly big production capacity, manufacturing contemporary communications means. According to Kanashchenkov, one of the companies specializes in semiconductor technologies, while another one in manufacturing transceiver monolithic components.
“It is the Fazotron-NIIR corporation that defines the current and the future work,” Kanashchenkov said.