Vladimir Alekseevich Varyukhin was a Soviet and Ukrainian scientist, Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Ukrainian SSR, Major-General, founder of the theory of multichannel analysis, and creator of the scientific school on digital antenna arrays (DAAs).

Digital antenna array (DAA) is a smart antenna with multi channels digital beamforming, usually by using fast Fourier transform (FFT). The development and practical realization of digital antenna arrays theory started in 1962 under the guidance of Vladimir Varyukhin (USSR).