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Research and Production Complex Iskra

Research and Production Complex Iskra is a Ukrainian radar developer and manufacturer in Zaporizhzhia. Open defense-industry sources describe Iskra as a state-owned Ukroboronprom enterprise with a full radar production cycle and a product line spanning air-surveillance, air-defense, counter-battery, and electronic-warfare systems.

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Research and Production Complex Iskra is a Ukrainian state radar enterprise associated with air-surveillance and air-defense sensors. Its catalog role centers on Soviet-legacy radar modernization and Ukrainian 3D radar systems such as the 36D6M family.

The profile uses Iskra for Ukrainian-developed, Ukrainian-modernized, or Ukrainian-supported radar systems where sources identify the enterprise rather than treating Soviet-era and post-Soviet designations as a single manufacturer.

air-surveillance radarair-defense radarcounter-battery radarelectronic-warfare systemsradar modernization and support

Notable Systems

36D6 / ST-68U surveillance radar, Mobile three-coordinate air-surveillance radar, Air Defense

ST-68U / 19Zh6

Mobile three-coordinate air-surveillance radar

GlobalSecurity's Iskra profile describes ST-68U / 19Zh6 as a three-coordinate radar developed at Iskra in the Soviet period and links the 1982 state award to its development and serial mastery.

Sources: GlobalSecurity Iskra profile
36D6 / ST-68U surveillance radar, Mobile three-coordinate air-surveillance radar, Air Defense

35D6 / 36D6M family

Mobile three-coordinate air-surveillance radar

Defense Express identifies 36D6M as an Iskra Ukrainian upgrade of Soviet-legacy 35D6 technology and says it was being fielded to Ukrainian military units in 2021.

Sources: Defense Express Iskra radar demonstration

Manufacturer History

  1. Zaporizhzhia enterprise established

    GlobalSecurity traces Iskra's history to the August 1959 creation of the Zaporizhzhia Mobile Power Plant before radar work began in the early 1960s.

    Sources: GlobalSecurity Iskra profile

  2. ST-68U radar adopted

    GlobalSecurity describes the ST-68U / 19Zh6 as a new-generation three-coordinate radar adopted in 1980 and associated with Iskra development work.

    Sources: GlobalSecurity Iskra profile

  3. Scientific and Production Complex formed

    GlobalSecurity says Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers merged the Iskra design bureau and electric machinery plant into the Scientific and Production Complex Iskra in 2003.

    Sources: GlobalSecurity Iskra profile

  4. Presidential visit to radar production

    Ukraine's presidential website reported that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Iskra enterprise in Zaporizhzhia and inspected radar-system production.

    Sources: President of Ukraine Iskra visit

Website links
Official websiteGlobalSecurity Iskra profileDefense Express Iskra radar demonstration

The enterprise appears in English sources under several transliterated names and state-enterprise forms. This profile uses Research and Production Complex Iskra as the canonical catalog name while preserving common Iskra/NVK/SPC aliases for lookup.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: Research and Production Complex Iskra | Note: Supports the current official web presence for Iskra and the official logo image used on the manufacturer page. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GlobalSecurity Iskra profilePublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports Iskra identity, Zaporizhzhia radar-production background, complete radar production cycle, ST-68U/19Zh6 development context, and 35D6 lineage. | Accessed: 2026-07-02
  • President of Ukraine Iskra visitPublisher: Office of the President of Ukraine | Note: Supports Iskra as a state-owned Ukroboronprom enterprise in Zaporizhzhia and documents presidential inspection of radar-system production. | Accessed: 2026-07-02
  • Defense Express Iskra radar demonstrationPublisher: Defense Express | Note: Supports Iskra radar product context, including 36D6M as a Ukrainian upgrade of 35D6 technology and Iskra's broader air-defense radar portfolio. | Accessed: 2026-07-02

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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36D6 / ST-68U surveillance radar, Mobile three-coordinate air-surveillance radar, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War36D6 / ST-68U surveillance radarMobile three-coordinate air-surveillance radarBuilt in: Soviet Union / UkraineThe 36D6 / ST-68U Tin Shield family is a mobile Soviet-legacy three-coordinate surveillance radar used to detect and track low-, medium-, and high-altitude air targets for air-defense command posts, SAM units, and air-traffic-control tasks. Ukrainian sources identify Iskra as the enterprise behind ST-68U/19Zh6 development history and later 35D6/36D6M modernization, while open technical references describe the 36D6 as an S-band radar with 360-degree azimuth coverage, four beams, 350 kW peak transmitter power, and target-data output to automated air-defense users. In the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, visually documented loss lists, WarSpotting entries, and General Staff-derived reporting place 36D6/ST-68U radars on both Russian and Ukrainian sides of the air-defense fight, including repeated Russian radar losses in occupied Crimea.