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AN/APG-66
The AN/APG-66 radar is a solid
state medium range (upto 150 km) Pulse-doppler planar
array radar originallydesigned by the Westinghouse
Electric Corporation (nowNorthrop Grumman) for use in
the F-16 Fighting Fal-con. This radar was employed in all
domestic and exportversions of the F-16 A/B models throughout the
produc-tion. Subsequent upgrades have been installed in manyvarying
aircraft types, including the U.S. Customs andBorder Protection’s
C-550 Cessna Citation, US Navy P-
3 Orion, and Piper PA-42 Cheyenne II’s, as well as theSmall
Aerostat Surveillance System (SASS). The radarsystem consists of
the following line-replaceable units:
• Antenna
• Transmitter
• Low-power radio frequency
• Digital signal processor
• Radar computer
1 Specifications
• Frequency: 6.2 to 10.9 GHz
• Search cone: 120 degrees × 120 degrees
• Azimuth angular coverage: ±10 degrees / ± 30 de-grees /
± 60 degrees
• Weight: 98 to 135 kg depending on configuration
• Volume: 0.08 m³ to 0.102 m³ depending on
config-uration
2 Variants
• APG-66(V) – Employed in select US Navy
P-3Orion aircraft as part of a Counter Drug Update(CDU) for
Counter-narcotics (CN) surveillance andinterdiction operations in
support of USCG[1]
APQ-164 Passive electronically scanned array
for B-1 Lancer
bomber
• APG-66(T47) – installed in Cessna OT-47B.
• APG-66(V)2 – upgrade of base radar deloped
forthe F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 15 Mid Life Up-date
program. New signal processor, higher out-put power, improved
reliability. Range in clut-ter/jamming environment increased to 83
km.
• ARG-1 AN/APG-66(V)2 downgraded vari-ant of the
APG-66 , designed for the ArgentineAir Force A-4AR Fightinghawk
• APG-66(V)2A – AN/APG-66(V)2 with anew combined
signal and data processor thatprovides seven times the speed and 20
times
the memory of the older radar computer anddigital signal
processor line replaceable units.In this new variant, the displayed
resolution
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in ground-mapping mode is quadrupled, andis reported to be close
to that offered bySAR techniques. Used for modernization
ofF-16A/B fleet of Belgium, Denmark, Nor-way, Portugal and the
Netherlands in the mid-1990s.
• APG-66(V)3 – as APG-66(V)2 but with CW
illu-mination capability, possibly for export to Taiwan.
• APG-66(V)X – improved version of the
APG-66(V)2/3 radar with greater detection range.
• APG-66H – installed on BAE Hawk
200 aircraft,smaller antenna, giving slightly reduced
capabilities.
• APG-66J – configured for the
Japanese F-4EJ up-grade program.
• APG-66NT – installed on US
Navy T-39N aircraft
for instruction of Student Naval Flight Officers.
• APG-66NZ – installed under the Project
KAHU onNew Zealands A-4 Skyhawk aircraft.
• APG-66SR
• APG-66SS
• APG-66T – multi-target track while
scan variant.
• APQ-164 – designed for the US Air Force
B-1 Lancer bomber, with a passive
electronicallyscanned array.
3 References
[1] NAVAIR 01-75PAC-1.1, NFO/AIRCREW NATOPSFLIGHT MANUAL NAVY
MODEL P-3A/B/C AIR-CRAFT
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