Wednesday, January 07, 2009

AN/APY-3

IOC: 1996

Origin
United Kingdom

Contractor/s
Northrop Grumman

Applications
E-8C Joint STARS

Description: Northrop Grumman AN/APY-3 is a side looking phased array multimode radar used on the E-8 ground surveillance aircraft. Actually the APY-3 is the heart of the E-8 surveillance system. Mounted beneath the forward fuselage provides detection of ground targets at 175 kilometers using its synthetic aperture radar mode. The pulse Doppler mode allows to detect and track moving targets on the ground. The APY-3 sensor is able to cover one million square kilometers during an E-8 eight-hour sortie.

Specifications
Performance: Main Gun Max Range 175,000 m (574,147 ft)

Operators

United States of America

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Last Updated: Saturday, December 20, 2008

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