Cyrano

Country of Origin: France

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The Cyrano family of French radars was developed as the standard air interception radar for the Mirage family of aircraft.

All radars in the series use a 22-in (570-mm) diameter inverted Cassegrain antenna with monopulse scanning and energized by a coaxial magnetron. The system is liquid-cooled and carried within a pressurized radome.

Miniaturization of components and the introduction of increasingly powerful integrated circuitry mark the Cyrano upgrades with later radars --...

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