The Avco AN/FPS-26 Radar was an Air Defense Command height finder radar developed in the Frequency Diversity Program with a tunable 3-cavity power klystron for electronic counter-countermeasures (e.g. to counter jamming).

AN/FPS-26. AN/FPS-26 was operating in C band dual channel, nodding height-finder used with the North American Defense Command. The transmitter used the klystron type SAC 42A. This radar was deployed in the 1960s. AN/FPS-26A was similar to …

The AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) is a series of phased array radar systems used for long-range early warning and space surveillance, operating as part of the United States Missile Defense and Space Surveillance Network. Thus, the AN/FPS-132 represents the 132nd design of an Army-Navy “Fixed, Radar, Search” electronic ...

The antenna drive units consisted of a three-phase ac motor driving a hydraulic pump. The pump could be adjusted for a pressure of approximately 3000 psi. The elevation drive unit pumped fluid under pressure to the nod-rod. The nod-rod in turn moved the radar antenna in a sweeping or nodding (up-down) fashion.

The AN/FPS-26 Radar was a height finder radar used by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command. It was an early application of a concept called "Frequency Diversity", which took advantage of a tunable output power device (a 3-cavity power klystron) to allow the radar operator to easily and quickly change the frequency of the radar to ...

The Avco AN/FPS-26 Radar was an Air Defense Command height finder radar developed in the Frequency Diversity Program with a tunable 3-cavity power klystron for electronic counter-countermeasures (e.g. to counter jamming).

Some of the prototypes developed as part of it included the AN/FPS-26. This equipment was designed to succeed existing Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar systems, which had served as...

2023年12月1日 · 在财政拮据的情况下，美空军以改进的AN/FPS-26测高雷达的形式部署了有限的潜射弹道导弹发射探测能力。 为FPS-26的部署选择了六个地点，这些地点现在被重新命名为FSS-7，位于加利福尼亚州的波因特阿里纳；加利福尼亚州拉古纳山；俄勒冈州何博山；缅因州查尔斯顿；北卡罗来纳州费雪堡；佛罗里达州麦克迪尔空军基地；和得克萨斯州拉雷多。 苏联潜射弹道导弹的持续改进超出了FSS-7系统的探测范围，空军被迫再次寻找新系统。 这一次，利用相控阵 …

Some of the prototypes developed as part of it included the AN/FPS-26. This equipment was designed to succeed existing Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar systems, which had served as the backbone of air defense of the CONUS, in order to provide enhanced electronic counter countermeasures (ECCM) capability.

Thus an AN/FPS-20 represented the twentieth design of an Army-Navy Fixed, Radar, Search electronic device. Originally, "AN" did stand for "Army-Navy"; later, though, after the Air Force came along, it became just a 'designator' of military equipment. You may click on the Radar System below to see more information.