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AN/APY-1/2

Airborne Radar
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Basic Information
Name
AN/APY-1/2
Designation
Alternate Designation
Equipment Type
Airborne Radar
Manufacturer
Northrop Grumman
Date of Introduction
Description

The AN/APY-1 is an S-band (IEEE designation) or E-band (NATO designation) primary airborne radar system developed by Westinghouse (now Northrop Grumman) for the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Its surveillance antenna is mounted back-to-back with an L-band identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) antenna within a 30-ft (9.14 m) diameter rotodome, which rotates at 6 revolutions per minute and is supported by two struts on the rear fuselage. The AN/APY-2 is a variant that adds maritime surveillance capabilities. Development began in January 1973 and concluded in September 1994, with subsequent improvements under the Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP) enhancing its performance against small airborne targets, electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) capability, reliability (with a mean time between critical failures of 4,300 hours), and maintainability (with a mean time to repair of 36 minutes), allowing detection and identification of non-cooperative targets out to an instrumented range of 216 nautical miles (400 km) and an upgraded range of 300 nautical miles (556 km).

Air & Air Defense Specifications
Range 400.0 km
Technical Characteristics
frequency S band
instrumented range 216 NM (≙ 400 km)
antenna rotation 6 r.p.m.
MTBCF 4 300 hrs
MTTR 36 min
Details
Country of Origin United States
Category Airborne Radars
Air > Airborne Radars
Classification
Domain
Air & Air Defense
Equipment Status
Active
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