AN/TPY-2 Radar ©Raytheon Raytheon delivered its eighth AN/TPY-2 radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in support of the U.S. combat...
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An integral capability of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), AN/TPY-2 is a mobile, X-band phased-array radar that helps protect the U.S., deployed forces, and allies by searching, acquiring and tracking threat ballistic missiles and discriminating between threats and non-threats.
The AN/TPY-2 radar Raytheon delivered will serve in terminal mode as the fire control radar for the U.S. Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system.
AN/TPY-2 has performed flawlessly in both terminal and forward-based mode in all major tests.
Forward-based AN/TPY-2's in Japan, Israel and Turkey are currently enabling the protection of the U.S., deployed troops, and allies from the growing threat of short-, medium- and long-range missiles.
AN/TPY-2 is a high resolution, mobile, rapidly deployable X-band Radar capable of providing long-range acquisition, precision track and discrimination of all classes of ballistic missiles, from Short-Range Ballistic Missiles to Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
Forward-Based Mode
When employed in a forward-based mode, the AN/TPY-2 will detect a ballistic missile close to the country of origin. The Forward-Based X-band Radar (FBX-T) tracks the object and its flight and reports the data to the Command and Control Battle Management Communications (C2BMC) element. If the threat is deemed hostile, the target is intercepted and destroyed by a Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) or Standard Missile.
Terminal-Based Mode
In the terminal mode, the AN/TPY-2 is part of the THAAD ( Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ) integrated weapon system. The THAAD weapon system consists of launchers,interceptors, fire control and communications, and the AN/TPY-2 radar. The radar communicates with the fire controland the interceptor to detect, track, discriminate and destroy the threatening missile.
