Khibiny (electronic countermeasures system)

Khibiny (L-175V) (Хибины) (Л-175В) is Soviet / Russian aircraft electronic countermeasures (ECM) system.

The system is designed for radio direction-finding and probing signal source irradiation allowing it to distort reflected signal parameters. This helps to

Su-34 with ECM modules "Khibiny" on the wing tips

History

The first work related to the creation ECM "Khibiny" began in the Kaluga Research Institute of Radio Engineering (KRIRE; Russian: Калужский научно-исследовательский радиотехнический институт) in 1977. The plan was to create a unified set of electronic countermeasures for all the armed forces, where the tasks for KRIRE was to develop SIGINT blocks of equipment "Proran" and radio jammer (RJ) "Regatta", which was successfully completed with protected of scientific research in 1980.[1]

In 1982 KRIRE was entrusted with research and development activities, first with "Proran" and "Regatta", and after an ECM as a whole, which includes many developments on related topics (including the use of accumulated experience in the development of RJ " Sorption ", which was planned to be installed on the Su-27 ). When started research and development with new ECM, later named "Khibiny",it was intended to unite all the units, ensuring that they work closely with the Jets avionics.[1]

ECM "Khibiny" wing tip module on Su-34

ECM "Khibiny" wing tip module on Su-34

The first samples of "Khibiny" were far from ideal as to their weight and size parameters were not suitable for installation on the aircraft. To solve this problem KRIRE collaborated closely with Sukhoi, working under the direction of Rollan G. Martirosov. Collaborate on a plane integrated ECM (received code "product L-175V") bore little resemblance to the conventional practice in such cases. Typically, the manufacturer of equipment issues to aircraft design bureau specification for the placement of products that represent a complete set of design documents and makes recommendations on placement of its parts with the restrictions on the length of the connections between them. In this case, the equipment "Khibiny" was immediately inserted into the design of the aircraft under development. As a result of close co-operation by the end of the 1980s the first stage of R&D was completed.[1] March 18, 2014 was adopted the fighter-bomber Su-34, equipped with electronic countermeasures complex L-175V "Khibiny".[2]

In 2014, the Russian state-run news media outlets ran stories that claimed that in April 2014 a Su-24 equipped with Khibiny had disabled the Aegis Combat System of the USS Donald Cook, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, then deployed in the Black Sea.[3][4][5][6] The jamming claims were never directly refuted by the U.S. military and ignored by Western mainstream media; in February 2015, Khibiny jammer's Russian manufacturer KRET' website claimed that Khibiny had not been installed on Su-24 fighter jets.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Топорков, Никита Валентинович (2012). "55. Мы не боялись быть первыми (We were not afraid to be the first)". "Хибины" - автоматизированный комплекс защиты самолетов ("Khibiny" - automated complex aircraft protection). Kaluga: Kaluga Research Institute of Radio Engineering. pp. 136–141.
  2. ↑ http://www.knirti.com/press/detail.php?ID=145
  3. ↑ Валагин, Антон (3 November 2015). "Почему НАТО боится русских учений". Rossiyskaya gazeta. Retrieved 5 December 2015. (Russian)
  4. ↑ Валагин, Антон (30 April 2015). "Что напугало американский эсминец". Rossiyskaya gazeta. Retrieved 5 December 2015. (Russian)
  5. ↑ "Russian Su-24 scores off against-the American USS Donald Cook". Voice of Russia (Sputnik). 21 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "US-RUSSIAN INCIDENT What frightened the USS Donald Cook so much in the Black Sea?". Voltaire Network. 8 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Russian EW-technologies are among the most advanced in the world". kret.com. 27 February 2015.
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