JSC Vega Radio Engineering Corporation (Russian: 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.

It develops terrestrial, air and space surveillance systems, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

[1] Vega's flagship product is the Tipchak mobile aerial system for reconnaissance and target designation.

[2] Founded in 1944 as The Moscow Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Engineering (MNIIP),[3] 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.

[4] 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.