AN/APY-1
Country of Origin: USA
description
The APY-1/APY-2 is the primary radar system of the E-3A airborne warning and control system (AWACS ) aircraft. The APY-2 includes a full maritime surveillance capability.
The surveillance antenna is mounted back-to-back with an identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) antenna, and is contained in a saucer-shaped, 30-ft (9.14-m) diameter Loral-Randtron rotodome mounted on two struts that rest on a reinforcement ring buried in the rear fuselage.
The oval rotodome weighs 11, 800 lb...
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