AN/MPQ-29
Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics
Figure 1: AN/MPQ-29
Sperry Corporation (1910-1986)
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| frequency: | 8 500 … 9 600 MHz
(X-band) |
| pulse repetition time (PRT): | |
| pulse repetition frequency (PRF): | 2 or 4 kHz |
| pulsewidth (τ): | 0.25 or 0.5 µs |
| receiving time: | |
| dead time: | |
| peak power: | 40 kW |
| average power: | |
| instrumented range: | 50 NM (≙ 92 km) |
| range resolution: | |
| accuracy: | 20 m; 0.06° |
| beamwidth: | 3° |
| hits per scan: | |
| antenna rotation: | |
| MTBCF: | |
| MTTR: | |
AN/MPQ-29
AN/MPQ-29 was operating in X-band tracking radar to control the battlefield reconnaissance drone Northrop SD-1. It used the frequency-tunable magnetron type 2J51. The antenna used the mode conical scan for target tracking.
The radar was developed at the end of the 1950s.