Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering
NNIIRT designed air surveillance radars

Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering

Section Title: NNIIRT designed air surveillance radars
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Radar	NATO reporting name	Radio spectrum (NATO)	Developed	Production plant	Notes

P-3	VHF	1948	NITEL	The first Soviet post-World War II air surveillance radar

P-8 Volga	KNIFE REST A	VHF	1950	NITEL	The first Soviet radar with circular scan

P-10 Volga A	KNIFE REST B	VHF	1953	NITEL	Frequency hopping

P-12 Yenisei	SPOON REST	VHF	1955	NITEL	Coherent radar with MTI

P-14 Lena	TALL KING	VHF	1959	NITEL

P-70 Lena-M	VHF	1968	First Soviet radar with chirp

P-18 Terek	SPOON REST D	VHF	1970	NITEL

5N84A Oborona-14	TALL KING C	VHF	1974	NITEL

5N69 Salute	BIG BACK	D-band	1975	First Soviet 3D-radar

44ZH6	TALL KING B	VHF	1979	NITEL	Stationary version of Oborona-14

55ZH6 Nebo	TALL RACK	VHF	1982	NITEL	First Soviet meter-wavelength 3D-radar

1L13	1982

52E6	VHF	1982–1996

1L13-3 Nebo-SV	BOX SPRING	VHF	1985	NITEL

55ZH6U Nebo-U	TALL RACK	VHF	1992	NITEL

1L119 Nebo-SVU	VHF	1997–2006

59N6-1 Protivnik-G1	D-band	1997	Average time between failures 840 hours

1L122 Avtobaza	D-band	1997–2006

52E6MU	VHF	1997–2006

P-18 modernisation kits	SPOON REST D	VHF	1997–2006

55ZH6M Nebo-M	VHF/multi-band	2011

59N6M

Sentence(s)

Innovations include the first Soviet air surveillance radar with a circular scan; the P-8 Volga (NATO: KNIFE REST A) in 1950, the first 3D-radar; the 5N69 Salute (NATO: BIG BACK) in 1975, and in 1982 the first VHF-band 3D-radar; the 55Zh6 Nebo (NATO: TALL RACK).

final_sentence: Innovations include the first Soviet air surveillance radar with a circular scan; the P-8 Volga (NATO: KNIFE REST A) in 1950, the first 3D-radar; the 5N69 Salute (NATO: BIG BACK) in 1975, and in 1982 the first VHF-band 3D-radar; the 55Zh6 Nebo (NATO: TALL RACK).