
AN/TPY-2: Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance
The AN/TPY-2 is a missile defense radar that can detect, classify and track ballistic missiles. Raytheon's AN/TPY-2 radar serves as the eyes of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System, known as THAAD.
AN/TPY-2 transportable radar - Wikipedia
Made by Raytheon, it is the primary radar for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system, but also cues the AN/MPQ-53 radar of the MIM-104 Patriot system. Patriot PAC-3 is a lower-altitude missile and air defense system than THAAD.
RTX's Raytheon completes first AN/TPY-2 radar for the Kingdom …
Sep 25, 2024 · When operating in Terminal mode, AN/TPY-2 is directly in the fire control loop of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system through its direct communication with the THAAD missile.
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense - Wikipedia
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry).
Lockheed And Raytheon Awarded Contract To Build THAAD …
Apr 8, 2021 · Raytheon has received a $2.3 billion U.S. Missile Defense Agency production contract for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 radars as part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. THAAD is designed to …
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) - Missile Threat
Jun 30, 2021 · Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is a transportable system that intercepts ballistic missiles during their final, or terminal, phase of flight. It incorporates an X-band radar, the AN/TPY-2, and a single-stage, hit-to-kill interceptor to defeat ballistic missiles inside or outside of the atmosphere.
radar missile-defense THAAD | Military Aerospace
Apr 26, 2021 · REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – Engineers at Raytheon Technologies Corp. will build an additional high-performance missile-defense radar system for the newest Terminal High Altitude Area Defense...
Raytheon Receives $582.5 Million for Radars and Services in THAAD …
TEWKSBURY, Mass., Dec. 30, 2011 / PRNewswire / -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) will provide AN/TPY-2 radars, associated spares, training and other services through 2018 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the radar component to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system.
Aug 22, 2019 · THAAD is intended to complement the lower-tier Patriot system and the upper-tier Aegis BMDS; it can engage threat ballistic missiles in both the endo- and exo-atmosphere. THAAD can accept target cues for acquisition from Aegis BMD, other regional sensors, and through command and control systems. The AN/TPY-2 (Terminal Mode) radar is used by THAAD.
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The THAAD radar, developed by Raytheon IDS, achieved all test objectives: acquiring the target, discriminating the lethal object from other debris, providing track and discrimination data to the fire control and communicating with the in-flight THAAD interceptor.