List of radars


A radar is an electronic system used to determine and detect the range of target and maps various types of targets. This is a list of radars.

China

Military

Naval

Land-based

Airborne

India

Military

Airborne

Naval

  • XV-2000 3D airborne naval surveillance radar for Dornier 228 maritime patrol aircraft.
  • Revathi 3D Naval Medium range surveillance radar derived from the 3D CAR for Shivalik-class frigates.

Land-based

  • Swordfish LRTR - AESA long-range tracking radar for Ballistic missile defence surveillance and fire control.
  • Arudhra MPR - Static 4D AESA Medium power radar for airspace surveillance for ranges exceeding 300 km.
  • ADTCR - Mobile 4D AESA Medium power radar for airspace surveillance
  • Ashwini LLTR - Mobile 4D AESA radar for Low level air targets up to ranges of 200 km.
  • INDRA series of 2D Pulse-doppler medium range airspace surveillance radars
  • Rajendra 3D medium range PESA fire control radar for Akash SAM.
  • Central Acquisition Radar (3D-CAR) PESA tracking radar for battlefield surveillance as part of the Akash SAM system.
  • BMFR - Mobile Quad panel AESA multifunction radar for battery level fire control in QRSAM missile system.
  • BSR - Mobile Quad panel AESA multifunction radar for battery level surveillance in QRSAM missile system.
  • Atulya ADFCR - AESA fire-control radar for upgraded L70 air defence gun.
  • BFSR-SR 2D short range battlefield surveillance radar for the Indian Army.
  • Bharani Low Level Lightweight Radar - portable 2D low level aircraft tracking radar.
  • Swathi Weapon Locating Radar - Mobile 3D PESA Counter-battery radar.

Under development

  • Uttam AESA multifunction radar for fighter aircraft.
  • LR-MFR - Dual panel multifunction radar for naval application.
  • HPR - Static Quad panel AESA High power radar for airspace surveillance

Iran

Israel

Airborne

Military – Naval

Military – Early Warning & Air defense

Military – Ground Surveillance

Military - Ground Mobile Radars

Radar Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles

  • Arbe HiRain Imaging Radar Chipset

Test Range Radars

  • Elta Systems ELM-2086C CINBAD - AESA multi-target tracking radar

Italy

Airborne

Surface based

Military – Naval

Japan

Surface-based

  • J/FPS-1
  • J/FPS-2
  • J/FPS-3
  • J/FPS-4
  • J/FPS-5
  • J/FPS-7
  • J/TPS-100
  • J/TPS-101
  • J/TPS-102

Naval

Airborne

Serbia

  • P-12 Modernize version with digital function, new carbon antenna in Yagi shape, and higher range up to 350 km.
  • P-18 Modernize version with new antennas, bigger range, digitalised.
  • P-40 Medium-range surveillance and target acquisition
  • AN/TPS-70 long range 3D radar.
  • Giraffe radar modernize version, and digital with PASARS anti-aircraft system.
  • H-22 Long-range surveillance and target acquisition.
  • Marconi S-605/654 Medium-range surveillance
  • Marconi S-613 Altitude measurement
  • PRV-16B Altitude measurement

Soviet Union/Russia

Military

Naval

  • 5P-27 "Furke", 3D Air/Surface search radar.
  • Angara MR-300 "Head Net", 2D air surveillance and surface search radar.
  • Angara-A MR-310 "Head Net A", 3D air survrillance and surface search radar. Sometimes used in pair with Top Steer.
  • Topaz-V MR-320M "Strut Pair", Air/Surface search radar.
  • Fregat MR-710 "Top Steer", 3D search radar
  • Fregat MR-750 "Top Plate", 3D search radar replacement for Top Steer on Sovremenny-class destroyers.
  • Fregat-MA MR-760MA "Top Plate", 3-D air search radar.
  • Voskhod MR-600 "Top Sail", somewhat similar to "Top Steer" but larger and operating at lower frequency.
  • Voskhod MR-800 "Top Pair", 3D search radar.
  • Volna 3R41 "Top Dome", Fire control/Target acquisition radar.

Land-based

  • RUS-1 "Rhubarb", Early warning radar
  • A-100 "Kama", Early warning ground control radar
  • P-3 "Dumbo", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-8 "Knife Rest A", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-10 "Knife Rest B", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-12 "Spoon Rest", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-14 "Tall King", Early warning radar.
  • P-15 "Flat Face A", Surveillance/Target acquisition radar.
  • P-18 "Spoon Rest D", Early warning radar.
  • P-19 "Flat Face B", Surveillance/Target acquisition radar.
  • P-20 "Bar Lock", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-30 "Big Mesh", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-35 "Bar Lock", Early warning ground control radar.
  • P-37 "Bar Lock"
  • P-40 "Long Track", Early warning/Target acquisition radar.
  • P-70, Early warning radar.
  • P-80 "Back Net", E-band Early Warning Radar
  • P-100
  • Kasta 2E "Flat Face E" Surveillance radars.
  • PRV-11 "Side Net", Height finding radar
  • PRV-13 "Odd Pair, Height finding radar
  • SNR-75 "Fan Song", Fire control/Target acquisition radar
  • SNR-125 "Low Blow", Fire control/Target acquisition radar
  • 1S91 "Straight Flush", Fire control/Target acquisition radar
  • 30N6 "Flap Lid", Fire control/Target acquisition radar
  • 36D6 "Tin Shield", Surveillance radar
  • 64N6 "Big Bird", Surveillance radar
  • 76N6 "Clam Shell", Low-altitude detection radar
  • 91N6E, Surveillance radar
  • 92N6E, Fire control/Target acquisition radar
  • 96L6E "Cheese Board", All altitude surveillance radar
  • 9S15 "Bill Board A", Surveillance radar
  • 9S19 "High Screen", Sector surveillance radar
  • 9S32 "Grill Pan", Fire control/Target acquisition radar
  • Azov radar "Flat Twin", ABM radar
  • Duga "Steel Yard" or "Russian Woodpecker", Over the horizon radar
  • Dnestr "Hen House", ABM radar
  • Dnepr "Hen House", ABM radar
  • Daryal "Pechora", ABM radar
  • Dunay "Dog House"/"Cat House", ABM radar
  • Volga, ABM radar
  • Don-2N "Pill Box", ABM radar
  • Voronezh, ABM radar
  • 29B6 Container, ABM radar

Airborne

Taiwan

NameTypeFunctionPlatform/SystemOriginNotesRef
Chang-Shan planar arraymulti-functionSky Bow III
Change Bai 1 phased arraymulti-functionSky Bow I
Change Bau 2 multi-functionSky Bow II
CS/MPG-25continuous wavetarget illuminationSky Bow Iderived from AN/MPQ-46
CS/MPQ-783D pulsed dopplerair defense Antelope air defence system
CS/MPQ-90 Bee EyeAESAair defenseground-basedalso planned for naval use
CS/SPG-6Nsurface searchTuo Chiang-class corvette
CS/SPG-6Nfire controlTuo Chiang-class corvette
CS/SPG-21Atarget acquisition/fire controlHsiung Feng I
Sea Bee EyeAESAair defenseship-based

United Kingdom

Ground

  • Radar, GL, No. 1, Mk I – Anti-aircraft gun laying radar
  • Radar, GL, No. 1, Mk I E/F – Anti-aircraft gun laying radar with elevation finder
  • Radar, GL, No. 1, Mk II – Anti-aircraft gun laying radar
  • Radar, AA, No. 2, Marks I through VII were a 1.5 metre wavelength Searchlight Control radar known as 'Elsie'. The only difference between these Marks was the mounting arrangement. Marks VIII and IX were centimetric versions that did not see service.
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 1 – new name for GL Mk. III
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 2 - new name for GL Mk. III
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 2 (F) - Anti-aircraft fire control modified for mortar locating.
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 3 - "Emergency" anti-aircraft fire control known as 'Baby Maggie' adapted from SLC. Also used for mortar locating.
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 5 – US-made SCR-584 radar Anti-aircraft fire control
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 7 - Post-war anti-aircraft fire control.
  • Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 8 - Designation for US-made SCR-545 radar, but not used in service.
  • Radar, AA, No 4, Mk I - Anti-aircraft local warning, known as 'Zippy'.
  • Radar, AA, No 4, Mk II - Anti-aircraft local warning.
  • Radar, AA, No 4, Mk III - Anti-aircraft local warning.
  • Radar, AA, No 4, Mk V - AMES Type 14 Anti-aircraft local warning, known as 'Gorgonzola'.
  • Radar, AA, No 4, Mk VI - Canadian-made Anti-aircraft local warning.
  • Radar, AA, No 4, Mk VII - Anti-aircraft local warning.
  • Radar, AA, No 5, Mk Ii - AMES Type 11 Anti-aircraft local warning.
  • Radar, FA, No 1, Mk 1 - Control of artillery fire against ground targets.
  • Radar, FA, No 1, Mk 2 - Control of artillery fire against ground targets.
  • Radar, FA, No 2, Mk 1 - Doppler radar used to detect moving ground targets.
  • Radar, FA, No 3, Mk 1 - Mortar locating.
  • Radar, FA, No 3, Mk 2 - Mortar locating derived from AN/APS-3.
  • Radar, FA, No 3, Mk 1- Mortar locating.
  • Radar, FA No 8 - "Green Archer" mortar locating.
  • Radar, FA, No 9 - "Robert" long range ground surveillance mounted in Saracen.
  • Radar, CA, No 1, Mk 3 - Coast Artillery. Transmitter & receiver based on NT271, with displays from CA No 1 Mk1.
  • Radar, CA, No 1, Mk 4 (F) - Coast artillery fire control modified for use against ground targets.
  • Radar, CD, No 1, Mk 1 - Coast warning radar, also used as CHL.
  • Radar, FCE, No 7 - Fire control equipment with 2 radars in a single trailer for aiming a L1A1 40/70 AA gun.
  • Radar, AD, No 10 - "Yellow River" AMES Type 83 target illuminating used with Thunderbird SAGW
  • Radar, AD, No 11 - Tactical control used with Thunderbird SAGW
  • Radar, AD, No 12 - Height finder used with Thunderbird SAGW
  • Radar, FA, No 13 - Tracking and control used with SD 1 drone
  • Radar, FA, No 14 - ZB298 short range manportable ground surveillance.
  • Radar, FA, No 15 - Cymbeline mortar locating.
  • Radar, FA, No 17 - Marconi marine radar mounted in Land Rover for coastal surveillance
  • Radar, FA, No 19 - Militarised WF3 meteorological radar used by AMETS
  • Radar, FA, No 22 - MSTAR
  • Blindfire - Fire control used with Rapier missile system.
  • Dagger - Surveillance used with Rapier missile system.
  • Orange Yeoman – Projected central surveillance system
  • Type 86 - "Indigo Corkscrew" Bristol Bloodhound air defence missile system.
  • Type 901 - Naval fire-control for Sea Slug missile.
  • Type 98 - Long Range Search.
  • Type 93 - Long Range Search.
  • Type 101 - Long Range Search.
  • Type 102 - Long Range Search.
  • MAMBA - derivative of Ericson ARTHUR artillery locating radar
  • COBRA (Radar) - trinational high performance full phased array artillery locating radar
  • Blighter B202 Mk 2 - Man-portable electronic-scanning ground surveillance radar
  • Blighter B303 - Vehicle-mountable electronic-scanning ground surveillance radar
  • Blighter Revolution 360 - Vehicle-mountable electronic-scanning ground surveillance radar
  • Blighter B400 Series - Fixed installation, modular electronic-scanning ground surveillance radar
  • AWS II - Fixed installation, surface warning and air and surface target indication

Naval

Airborne

United States

Military

Naval

Early S-band RADAR Designations
DesignationWavelengthPlatform
CXAM150-cmlarge surface ships
SK-1large surface ships
SK-2large surface ships
SC50-cmsurface ships
SF10-cmtoo heavy for intended use on PT boats, but used on larger ships
SG10-cmsurface ships
SJ10-cmsubmarines
SM3-cmaircraft carriers for direction of night-fighters
SO10-cmPT boats
SU3-cmDestroyer escorts

From February 1943 the US used a universal system to identify radar variants, consisting of three letters and a number, respectively designating platform, type of equipment, function, and version. This system was continued after WWII with multiservice designations being prefixed by 'AN/' for Army-Navy.
BuShips 1943 classifications
PrefixDesignation
AAircraft, used in combination with other letters
BIFF
CExperimental
DDirection-finding
EEmergency power
FFire control radar
FSFrequency shift keying
GAircraft transmitting
HSonar hoists
IIntercept radar, aircraft only
JPassive sonar, for submarines
KSonar transmitting
LPrecision calibration
MRadio transceiver
NEcho-sounding
OMeasuring, for operator training
PAutomatic transmitting and receiving
QSonar, for surface ships
RRadio receiver
SSearch
TRadio transmitter
URemote control
VRadar display
WSubmarine sonar
XExperimental
YRadar homing beacon
ZAirborne navigational aids, later replaced with ARN and APN

Multi-service classifications
Multi-service classification codes according to the Joint Electronics Type Designation System.
Specific radar systems
  • AN/BPS-11 Surface search radar, for submarines.
  • AN/BPS-15 Surface search radar, for submarines.
  • AN/BPS-16 Surface search radar, for submarines.
  • AN/SPG-34 Tracking radar for Mark 63 Gun Fire Control System.
  • AN/SPG-35 Tracking radar for Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System.
  • AN/SPG-49 Illumination and tracking radar associated with RIM-8 Talos fire control system.
  • AN/SPG-51 Illumination and tracking radar for Mk74 "Tartar" Guided Missile Fire Control System
  • AN/SPG-53 Gunfire control radar.
  • AN/SPG-55 Illumination and tracking radar for Terrier Guided Missile Fire Control System.
  • AN/SPG-59 Multifunction radar for Typhon combat system. Canceled 1963.
  • AN/SPG-60 Illumination and tracking radar.
  • AN/SPG-62 Illumination radar for Aegis combat system.
  • AN/SPN-35 Precision Approach Radar, derived from AN/TPN-8
  • AN/SPN-41
  • AN/SPN-42
  • AN/SPN-43
  • AN/SPN-44
  • AN/SPN-45
  • AN/SPN-46
  • AN/SPN-50. Replacement for the AN/SPN-43. Based on the SPS-77
  • AN/SPQ-5 Early beam emitting radar for early model Terrier missiles
  • AN/SPQ-9 2D surface search radar
  • AN/SPQ-10
  • AN/SPQ-11 Cobra Judy phased array radar
  • AN/SPS-2 Long range height finding radar by General Electric.
  • AN/SPS-3 Also known as XDK, 3D target designator/rapid volume search radar jointly developed by MIT Radiation Laboratory and Naval Research Laboratory.
  • AN/SPS-4 Surface and low altitude air search radar by Raytheon.
  • AN/SPS-6 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-8 2D height finding radar
  • AN/SPS-10 2D surface search radar
  • AN/SPS-12 2D air/surface search radar
  • AN/SPS-17 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-29 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-30 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-32 Part of SCANFAR system.
  • AN/SPS-33 Part of SCANFAR system.
  • AN/SPS-37 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-40 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-41 Navigational radar for small boats.
  • AN/SPS-43 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-46 Navigational radar for small boats by Lavoie Laboratories.
  • AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar
  • AN/APS-51 Successor of AN/APS-46.
  • AN/SPS-52 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-53 Navigational radar by Sperry Corporation.
  • AN/SPS-54 Surface search radar by Sperry Corp.
  • AN/SPS-55 2D surface search radar
  • AN/APS-57 Small boats navigational radar by Ridge Electronics.
  • AN/SPS-58 Low altitude 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-59 Military designation for the LN-66 short-range navigation radar manufactured by Marconi of Canada. In service in many US Navy ships as well as in the SH-2F LAMPS I ASW helicopter.
  • AN/SPS-60 Solid state version of AN/APS-53.
  • AN/SPS-61 Teledyne-Ryan's entrant into the 1967 emergency missile-detection radar program won by Westinghouse's AN/SPS-58, never went to production.
  • AN/SPS-62 Westinghouse's improvement of AN/SPS-58 with nine examples were ordered in 1973 but quickly cancelled, it appears that Westinghouse simply rolled some of AN/SPS-62's features into AN/SPS-58D.
  • AN/SPS-63 US designation for Italian 3RM-20H surface search radars by Dynell Electronics.
  • AN/SPS-64 Navigation radar, a surface navigation and search radar, made by Raytheon and used both commercially and by navies worldwide.
  • AN/SPS-65 Development of AN/SPS-58 by Westinghouse as a low altitude radar that is part of the Mark 91 Fire Control System for the Sea Sparrow air defense missiles.
  • AN/SPS-66 Small boat navigational radar by Raytheon.
  • AN/SPS-67 2D surface search radar
  • AN/APS-69 Military designation for Raytheon R41X, with a simple slotted-waveguide bar-type antenna, and a 7" colour CRT display.
  • AN/ASB-12 Airborne search radar/autonav/bomb director set used by the Navy RA5C Recon. aircraft
  • AN/SPS-71 Improved AN/APS-69 with a dielectric dome protector for the antenna and a 10" color CRT control console with more features.
  • AN/SPS-72 Raster-scan collision avoidance radar by Sperry.
  • AN/SPS-73(V)18 Next Generation Surface Search Radar by Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems
  • AN/SPS-74 Anti-submarine surface radar by Ultra Electronics 3 Phoenix.
  • AN/SPS-75 US designation of TRS-3D radar.
  • AN/SPS-76 Long range 3D air/maritime/surface search/surveillance radar by ITT Excelis.
  • AN/SPS-77 US designation of Sea Giraffe AMB (Agile Multi-Beam) radar.
  • AN/SPS-80 US designation of Hensoldt TRS-4D radar
  • AN/SPW-2 RIM-8 Talos guidance radar
  • AN/SPY-1 3D phased array air search radar part of Aegis Combat System
  • AN/SPY-2
  • AN/SPY-3 3D phased array air search, tracking, and target illumination radar; part of Dual Band Radar
  • AN/SPY-4 Volume search element of Dual Band Radar
  • AN/SPY-6 Modular phased array search and tracking radar
  • AN/SPY-7 Version of Long Range Discrimination Radar adapted for the Aegis system

Land-based

Airborne

AN/APB Series

Commercial/scientific