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Vladimir Peshekhonov is General Director of theState Research Center – Concern Central ScientificResearch Institute Elektropribor, JSC, Doctor of Sci�ences, Professor, and Academician of the RussianAcademy of Sciences. He is the winner of the LeninPrize, the State Prize of the Russian Federation, andthe Russian Federation Government Prize in Scienceand Technology. Peshekhonov has received the Ordersfor Merit to the Fatherland, Ranks III and IV, andmany other honorary awards.
Peshekhonov is a prominent scientist in the field ofnavigation and motion control systems and an out�standing science manager.
He is the author of over 300 scientific publications.Vladimir Peshekhonov was born in Leningrad on
June 14, 1934. In 1958, he graduated with honors from the Radio�
physical Department of Leningrad Polytechnic Insti�tute. He has been with the Central Scientific Research
Institute (CSRI) Elektropribor since 1958, where hestarted as an engineer and eventually became GeneralDirector.
At Elektropribor, Peshekhonov initiated pioneerresearches on fundamentally new navigation aids. Hesolved the problem of spatial filtering of weak nonco�herent signals against strong background noise withundistinguishable spectrum in the development of aradioastrooptical sextant; he designed a stabilizedantenna post for spacecraft tracking as part of ship�board equipment of space navigation and communi�cation systems; he supervised various projects onstudying prospects for developing gyros on new physi�cal principles.
In 1973, Peshekhonov was appointed the ChiefDesigner of navigation complexes (integrated naviga�tion systems) developed at Elektropribor. He formulatedthe design principles and supervised the development ofthe navigation complexes of the second and third gener�
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ations. Radically new navigation aids were created suchas precision inertial navigation systems, gravimetric sys�tems, and the rho�theta channel of the shipboard satel�lite navigation system. Integration of these systems intoa navigation complex with optimal (Kalman) data filter�ing provided unprecedented accuracy of navigation.Peshekhonov supervised the projects at all stages,including the tests of the navigation complex duringthe first winter cruise of the Russian nuclear subma�rine to the Geographic North Pole in March 1980.
In 1991, which was a hard time for Russian industry,Peshekhonov became the Director of CSRI Elektropri�bor. He has preserved the core creative team of the insti�tute, extended the research area, modernized the majorproducts to meet the requirements of the world market,and organized export of the Elektropribor products.Peshekhonov’s concept of designing an optimal rangeof marine inertial systems and navigation complexesfor submarines and surface ships of all classes for theRussian Navy, exported and foreign ships has beenrealized.
Nowadays, Vladimir Peshekhonov, the GeneralDirector of CSRI Elektropribor, supervises researchand development projects in marine navigation,gravimetry, periscope systems, marine radiocommu�nication, and marine hydroacoustics.
Consistently following the line of creating horizon�tally integrated interindustry research and productionstructure around the institute, Peshekhonov launchesprojects that go beyond marine instrument engineer�ing and technology. Among the others, the developedand marketed products include attitude determinationand microacceleration measurement systems for spacevehicles, airborne gravimeters, and MWD systems fordirectional drilling.
Peshekhonov is engaged in multiple research,managerial, and academic activities: he is a Boardmember of a Branch of the Russian Academy of Sci�ences, the Chairman of the Scientific Coordinationand Expert Council of the Federal Target Program“Development of Commercial Shipbuilding andMarine Technology”, the Chairman of St. Petersburggroup of the National Committee on Automatic Con�trol, the Deputy Chairman of Scientific TechnicalCouncil under St. Petersburg Government, and amember of various governmental and nongovernmen�tal scientific councils and committees.
Peshekhonov holds the position of Chair for theDepartment of Information and Navigation Systemsof St. Petersburg National Research University ofInformation Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics.He is Editor�in�Chief of the Russian journal Girosko�piya i Navigatsiya and its English version Gyroscopyand Navigation. He is also a member of editorialboards of some other scientific journals. He is theChairman of the Program Committees of two scien�tific conferences on navigation and motion controlheld by Elektropribor.
Peshekhonov is the President of the Academy ofNavigation and Motion Control, the InternationalPublic Association, uniting over 400 researchers fromRussia, Ukraine, the USA, Germany, France, SouthKorea, China, India, Turkey, and Belarus.
Academician Peshekhonov maintains scientificand creative relations with leading Russian and foreignscientists and researchers. Nowadays he is a recog�nized authority in precision navigation and marineinstrument engineering.
