AN/SPS-49(V)

Country of Origin: USA

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The AN/SPS-49(V) is the most effective rotating, two-dimensional search radar in U.S. Navy service. The SPS-49(V) has a very long range and is fully stabilized.

The system's antenna is of a horn-fed, orange-peel parabolic design. It produces a very narrow beam that decreases the probability of detection and jamming by hostile systems.

Targets at low altitudes are sensed with the use of horizontal, line-of-sight stabilization. The radar maintains detection capabilities in all...

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