AN/APG-66

2 Variants
APG-66(V) Employed in select US Navy P-3
Orion aircraft as part of a Counter Drug Update
(CDU) for Counter-narcotics (CN) surveillance and
interdiction operations in support of USCG[1]

AN/APG-66

The AN/APG-66 radar is a solid state medium range (up

to 150 km) Pulse-doppler planar array radar originally
designed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now
Northrop Grumman) for use in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This radar was employed in all domestic and export
versions of the F-16 A/B models throughout the production. Subsequent upgrades have been installed in many
varying aircraft types, including the U.S. Customs and
Border Protections C-550 Cessna Citation, US Navy P3 Orion, and Piper PA-42 Cheyenne IIs, as well as the
Small Aerostat Surveillance System (SASS). The radar
system consists of the following line-replaceable units:
Antenna
Transmitter
APQ-164 Passive electronically scanned array for B-1 Lancer
bomber

Low-power radio frequency

Digital signal processor

APG-66(T47) installed in Cessna OT-47B.

Radar computer

APG-66(V)2 upgrade of base radar deloped for

the F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 15 Mid Life Update program. New signal processor, higher output power, improved reliability. Range in clutter/jamming environment increased to 83 km.

Specications
Frequency: 6.2 to 10.9 GHz

ARG-1 AN/APG-66(V)2 downgraded variant of the APG-66 , designed for the Argentine
Air Force A-4AR Fightinghawk

Search cone: 120 degrees 120 degrees

Azimuth angular coverage: 10 degrees / 30 degrees / 60 degrees

APG-66(V)2A AN/APG-66(V)2 with a

new combined signal and data processor that
provides seven times the speed and 20 times
the memory of the older radar computer and
digital signal processor line replaceable units.
In this new variant, the displayed resolution

Weight: 98 to 135 kg depending on conguration

Volume: 0.08 m to 0.102 m depending on conguration
1

3
in ground-mapping mode is quadrupled, and
is reported to be close to that oered by
SAR techniques. Used for modernization of
F-16A/B eet of Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal and the Netherlands in the mid1990s.
APG-66(V)3 as APG-66(V)2 but with CW illumination capability, possibly for export to Taiwan.
APG-66(V)X improved version of the APG66(V)2/3 radar with greater detection range.
APG-66H installed on BAE Hawk 200 aircraft,
smaller antenna, giving slightly reduced capabilities.
APG-66J congured for the Japanese F-4EJ upgrade program.
APG-66NT installed on US Navy T-39N aircraft
for instruction of Student Naval Flight Ocers.
APG-66NZ installed under the Project KAHU on
New Zealands A-4 Skyhawk aircraft.
APG-66SR
APG-66SS
APG-66T multi-target track while scan variant.
APQ-164 designed for the US Air Force B1 Lancer bomber, with a passive electronically
scanned array.

References

[1] NAVAIR 01-75PAC-1.1, NFO/AIRCREW NATOPS

FLIGHT MANUAL NAVY MODEL P-3A/B/C AIRCRAFT

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