[1] Immediately after the organization of the Institute, Yevgeny Zababakhin, after the departure of Kirill Shchelkin (1960) became a scientific advisor and worked in this position for 25 years until his death.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated July 29, 1966 for services in the creation and production of a new specialized technology and for the successful implementation of plans during the years 1959-1965, VNIIP (later "RFNC-VNIITF") was awarded the Order of Lenin.

88-RPS VNII was transformed into the Russian Federal Nuclear Center or the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF).

In October 1996, VNIITF director Vladimir Nechai shot himself in his office because of the inability to pay back wages to the company's employees.

In a number of areas - strategic complexes Navy, cruise missiles, aerial bombs, artillery - work was carried out mainly in RFNC-VNIITF.