The Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement (BIRM) founded in November, 1958, is the research center of the ground radar system in the aerospace field. It is mainly engaged in the research, design and manufacture of the radar, communication and electronics.
There are 14 technical divisions and 3 large-scale workshops which are set up according to the radar system project. There are nearly 1800 staff in the institute, one of them is academician from Chinese Academy of Engineering, 400 of them are research fellows and senior engineers and 180 of them are skilled workers including special technician, senior technician, technician and senior artificer.
The BIRM boasts over the first-class CAE center, precision test center, numerical control machining center, information network, large-scale antenna test range and microwave darkroom, the first-class design and product line for the microwave ferrite device and microwave mixed integrated circuit as well as the product line for the surface acoustic wave device.
The BIRM is the national first-level metrology unit and archives management unit. With the ISO9001 quality management system certification and Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) certification, the institute possesses modern science and research management system, perfect product guarantee system and the first-class after service system.
The products and devices developed by the BIRM have gotten more than 427 various awards, including the national invention awards, national science and technology advancement awards and ministry science and technology advancement awards. Lots of persons have gotten various national awards, including the national May-First Labor Medal, the labor model of the ministry and defense industry and the national technical master-hand.
The main areas of the institute are as follows:
◇ Various precision tracking and guidance radar, instrumentation radar
◇ Intelligence surveillance radar, weather radar, vessel and air traffic control radar system
◇ Various precision antenna, feed system and servo control system
◇ High stability, multi-waveform transmitting system
◇ Various precision low noise receiving system
◇ Digital signal processing and data processing technology
◇ Signal simulators, display system, TV tracking system and automatic test system
◇ Computer applications including computer control, business management and simulation technique as well as the network engineering
◇ Radar mechanical design, technology and quality control
◇ Microwave ferrite material and device, microwave mixed integrated circuit device, surface acoustic wave technology and device
◇ Broadcast transmitter and satellite communication station
The BIRM looks forward to the good cooperation with friends from home and abroad and will provide the products with high-tech and best quality as well as the good services.