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JSC Vega Radio Engineering Corporation ((ロシア語:АО «Концерн радиостроения «Вега»), earlier CKB-17, NII-17, MNIIP) is a Russian company specializing in military radar and surveillance and C&C systems for ground-based, airborne and space systems like A-50, Almaz-1 and UAVs. Founded as CKB-17 ((ロシア語:ЦКБ-17)) on October 1, 1944 by the Decree of State Defence Committee of USSR. Headquarters located in Moscow on Kutuzovskiy, 34. Currently, Director General and General Designer is V.S. Verba ==Overview== The company develops terrestrial, air and space surveillance systems, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). It also manufactures civilian products, such as air traffic control equipment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joint-Stock Company "Radio Engineering Corporation "VEGA" )〕 As of August, 2009, Vega is the only domestic company manufacturing UAVs for the Russian Armed Forces. 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 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 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vega-M, Moscow Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Engineering / MNIIP )〕 Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vega Radio Engineering Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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