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US-made 2D air search radar

The AN/TPS-44 is a transportable 2-dimensional air search radar produced in the United States originally by Cardion Electronics.^[1] The main components of the system are a shelter (where the crew operates it) and the foldable antenna. These components are the two loads into which the system can be broken down, and packed into two M35 trucks for road transport, or airlifted via helicopter or cargo plane.^[2]

In accordance with the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), the “AN/TPS-44” designation represents the 44th design of an Army-Navy electronic device for ground transportable search radar system. The JETDS system also now is used to name all Department of Defense electronic systems.

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The AN/TPS-44 completed development in the early 1960s and entered US Air Force service in the late 1960s during the Vietnam War. It is still in service with the United States and other countries, including Argentina.^{[citation needed]}

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• Frequency range: 1.25 to 1.35 GHz (24.0 to 22.2 cm) (L-band)
• Pulse repetition frequency: 267 to 800 Hz
• Pulse width: 1.4 to 4.2 microseconds
• Peak power: 1.0 MW
• Average power: 1.12 kW
• Beam width
  • Horizontal: 1.1 degrees
  • Vertical: 3.8 degrees
• Antenna rotation rate: 0 to 15 rpm