List of military electronics of the United States

This article lists American military electronic instruments/systems along with brief descriptions. This list specifically identifies electronic devices which are assigned designations according to the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, beginning with the AN/ prefix. They are grouped below by the first designation letter following this prefix. The list is organized as sorted tables that also reflect the purpose, uses and manufacturers of each listed item.

AAx - Piloted Aircraft Invisible Light, Heat Radiation Systems

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AN/AAA - Airborne Infrared Auxiliary Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAA-3 Receiver Group, paired with AN/AAS-15 F-8E Crusader
AN/AAA-4 Infrared (IR) Search and Track (IRST) system F-4B/C Phantom II[1][2] American Car and Foundry Company,[3] Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/AAD - Airborne Infrared Reconnaissance and Surveillance
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAD-4 Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) detection set AC-119G Shadow Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/AAD-5 Infrared (IR) reconnaissance set RF-4C Phantom II, F-111C, F-14 Tomcat TARPS Pod Honeywell Aerospace Technologies (subsidiary of Honeywell)
AN/AAD-6 FLIR (alternative) in "PAVE PRONTO" system AC-130
AN/AAD-7 Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) detection set AC-130A/E/H Spectre Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/AAD-9 Infrared (IR) reconnaissance set, development of AN/AAD-5
AN/AAG - Airborne Infrared Fire-Control Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAG-2 General Electric
AN/AAG-3 Infrared Receiver, part of the Mk.22 Fire Control System (AN/APG-48)
AN/AAM - Maintenance and Test Sets for Airborne Infrared Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAM-4 Infrared Equipment Test Bench Harness; used with AN/AAA-4
AN/AAM-21 Cathode-Ray Tube Test Set Texas Instruments
AN/AAM-29 Cryogenic Refrigerator Test Set; used with AN/AAS-14[4]
AN/AAM-30 Resolution Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-31 Detecting Set Receiver Test set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-32 Recorder Film Magazine Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-33 Recorder Film Magazine Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-34 Power Supply Control Panel Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-35 Converter Sub-Assembly Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-36 Optical Alignment Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-37 Cryogenic Refrigerator Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-38 Infrared Detection Set Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-39 Electrical Circuit Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-40 Refrigerator Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24 OV-1
AN/AAM-54 Infrared/Optical Test Set RF-4C Phantom II
AN/AAM-55 Airborne Laser Tracker Test Set, used with AN/AAS-32
AN/AAM-56 Airborne Laser Tracking Alignment Test Set, used with AN/AAS-32
AN/AAM-58 Infrared/Optical Test Set RF-4C Phantom II
AN/AAM-60 Electro-Optical System Test Set A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair II, P-3C Orion, S-3 Viking, OV-1D
AN/AAM-82 LIATE (LANTIRN Intermediate Test Equipment)
AN/AAM-84 Gyro Test Station
AN/AAM-85 LANTIRN Mobility Test Station
AN/AAM-90 LANTIRN Depot RF Test Station
AN/AAM-94 LANTIRN Depot Analog Test Station
AN/AAM-102 Electro-Optical Systems Test Stand; used with AN/AAR-44
AN/AAQ - Airborne Infrared Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAQ-4 Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) System B/EB-66C/E Destroyer, B-52 Stratofortress, RF-4C Phantom II Hallicrafters, Northrop Grumman
AN/AAQ-5 FLIR Night Vision Sight UH-1M Iroquois, AH-1 Cobra
AN/AAQ-6 FLIR Electro-Optical Viewing System B-52G/H Stratofortress Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/AAQ-7 Laser Rangefinder System AC-130A/H Spectre
AN/AAQ-8 Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) pod (development of AN/AAQ-4) A-7D Corsair II, F-4 Phantom II Hallicrafters, Northrop Grumman
AN/AAQ-9 FLIR imaging module used in AN/AVQ-26 F-111 Aardvark, A-10 Thunderbolt, F-4 Phantom II, RF-4C Phantom II
AN/AAQ-10 FLIR HH-53H/MH-53J Pave Low III, MC-130E Combat Talon
AN/AAQ-11 Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor PNVS FLIR, used with AN/ASQ-170 AH-64 Apache Lockheed Martin
AN/AAQ-12 Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor TADS FLIR turreted sensor for target acquisition, range-finding and target illumination using laser-guided missiles[5]
AN/AAQ-13 Pod-mounted radar and FLIR system included in LANTIRN F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin
AN/AAQ-14 Pod-mounted laser designation and FLIR system included in LANTIRN F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin
AN/AAQ-19 Sharpshooter pod-mounted laser designation and FLIR system included in LANTIRN simplified AN/AAQ-14 (export system)[6] F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin
AN/AAQ-20 Pathfinder pod-mounted navigation system simplified AN/AAQ-13[7] F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin
AN/AAQ-21 StarSAFIRE III FLIR pod[8]
AN/AAQ-22 StarSAFIRE III FLIR pod[8] P-3 Orion, UH-1H, MH-60G
AN/AAQ-24 FLIR system B-52H
AN/AAQ-24 Nemisis Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM)[9] Northrop Grumman[10]
AN/AAQ-25 LANTIRN Targeting Pod F-14
AN/AAQ-26 Infrared (IR) detection set AC-130H Spectre/AC-130U Spooky
AN/AAQ-28 LITENING targeting pod A-10 Thunderbolt, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, AV-8B Harrier, F/A-18 Hornet, EA-6B Prowler Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
AN/AAQ-32 Internal FLIR Targeting System (IFTS) F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 60
AN/AAQ-33 Sniper ATP (Advanced Targeting Pod) A-10 Thunderbolt, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15E Strike Eagle, B-1B Lancer, B-52H Stratofortress Lockheed Martin
AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EODAS) F-35 Lightning II Northrop Grumman
AN/AAQ-39 Electro-optical/Infrared (IR) fire control system AC-130U Spooky
AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) equivalent to Sniper Extended Range (XR) F-35 Lightning II Lockheed Martin
AN/AAR - Airborne Infrared Receivers
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAR-4 IR Sight F-100 Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/AAR-31 Infrared (IR) detection set for Anti-submarine warfare Barnes Engineering
AN/AAR-34 Infrared (IR) Tracking & Missile Warning System, replacing the AN/ALR-23 F-111 Aardvark Cincinnati Electronics
AN/AAR-37 Infrared (IR) Detector P-3A/B Orion, EP-3E Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/AAR-38 "COMPASS COOL" Infrared Warning Sensor FB-111, F-15, F/A-18
AN/AAR-40 FLIR System C-141B, P-3C Orion
AN/AAR-41 Infrared Warning Receiver USN
AN/AAR-42 FLIR System A-7E, A-10
AN/AAR-43 Infrared (IR) warning receiver A-7E
AN/AAR-44 Infrared (IR) warning receiver Cincinnati Electronics
AN/AAR-45 Thermal Imaging Sight A-6E, A-7E Cincinnati Electronics
AN/AAR-46 Passive Missile Detector H-46
AN/AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning system Loral Corporation
AN/AAR-54 Missile-launch detector B-2 Spirit, C-130 Hercules
AN/AAR-56 Missile Approach Warning system F-22 Raptor
AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) CH-47 Chinook, UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache[11]
AN/AAS - Airborne Infrared Search and Detection Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AAS-1 Infrared Scanner (Project REDBIRD) B-26C
AN/AAS-14 Infrared Detecting Set, part of AN/UAS-4 OV-1C
AN/AAS-15 Infrared (IR) Search and Track (IRST) system F-8D/E Crusader
AN/AAS-18 IR Reconnaissance Set RF-4B Phantom II, RB-57
AN/AAS-21 IR Reconnaissance Mapper RA-5C
AN/AAS-24 Real-Time Infrared Terrain Imaging Set OV-1
AN/AAS-26 FLIR "Tropic Moon 3" B-57G
AN/AAS-27 Downward-Looking Infrared Mapping System (USAF) Honeywell
AN/AAS-28 Infrared Detection System A-6C TRIM (Trails, Roads Inderdiction Mission) Texas Instruments
AN/AAS-29 Night Vision Set UH-1H Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/AAS-32 Laser Tracker AH-1G, OH-58
AN/AAS-33 Detection and Ranging System (DRS), part of the Target Recognition and Attack Multi-sensor (TRAM) A-6E Intruder, TC-4C Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/AAS-35 Pave Penny Target Identification Set, Laser (TISL) A-10A Thunderbolt II, F-16, A-7D, F-111, OV-10A Martin Marietta
AN/AAS-36 FLIR Detection Set P-3C Orion Texas Intruments
AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk pod-mounted FLIR laser designation system F/A-18 Hornet Lockheed Martin
AN/AAS-42 Infrared (IR) Search and Track (IRST) system SH-60B Lockheed Martin
AN/AAS-46 FLIR Pod F/A-18E/F
AN/AAS-50 FLIR Pod F/A-18C/D

ACx - Piloted Aircraft Signal Carrier, Communications

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AN/ACC - Airborne Carrier Signal Based Communications
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ACC-1 3-Channel Multiplexer (PACCS Post Attack Command and Control System), used with AN/ARC-89 ECI
AN/ACC-2 4-Channel Multiplexer; used with AN/ARC-89
AN/ACC-3 Frequency Division Multiplexer (PACCS) E-4B
AN/ACC-4 4-Channel Multiplexer/Demultiplexer
AN/ACC-5 63-Channel Multiplexer (PACCS)
AN/ACC-6 Communications System EC-135
AN/ACQ - Airborne Carrier Signal Based Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ACQ-1 Data Transmitter Set, part of AN/ASQ-52 E-2A P-3C Collins
AN/ACQ-5 Data Transmitter Set P-3C

ADx - Piloted Aircraft Radioactivity Detection, Identification, and Computation

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AN/ADR - Airborne Radioactivity Receivers
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ADR-6 Aerial Radiac System (ARS) nuclear radiation measurement system[12] North American Rockwell

AJx - Piloted Aircraft Electromechanical/Inertial Systems

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AN/AJN - Airborne Electromechanical/Inertial Navigation Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AJN-16 Inertial navigation system (INS), replaced AN/AJQ-20 F-111 Aardvark[13] Litton Industries
AN/AJQ - Airborne Electromechanical/Inertial Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AJQ-20 Inertial navigation system (INS), replaced by AN/AJN-16 F-111 Aardvark[14] Litton Industries

ALx - Piloted Aircraft Countermeasures Systems

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AN/ALE - Airborne Countermeasures Ejectors
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ALE-28 Chaff/flare countermeasures dispenser set (CMDS) F-111 Aardvark[15] General Dynamics
AN/ALE-29 Chaff/flare countermeasures dispenser[16] F-4B/N/J/S Phantom II, F-14A Tomcat
AN/ALE-38 Chaff (countermeasure) dispenser[17]
AN/ALE-39 Chaff/flare countermeasures dispenser F-14A/B/D Tomcat, A-6 Intruder, AV-8, F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet, AH-1, SH-2, SH-60, UH-1N, CH-53D, CH53E[18] BAE Systems
AN/ALE-40 Chaff and flare Counter Measure Dispenser System (CMDS)[19] F-104G Starfighter, F-4D/E Phantom II
AN/ALE-41 Chaff (countermeasure) dispenser[20]
AN/ALE-44 Chaff/flare dispensing pod[21] Tactical, support, drones, and strike aircraft capable of supersonic flight Southwest Aerospace
AN/ALE-45 Chaff/flare countermeasure dispenser F-15 Eagle Marconi Electronic Systems[22]
AN/ALE-47 Chaff/flare countermeasures dispenser, replaced AN/ALE-39 Tracor (now BAE Systems)
AN/ALE-50 Little Buddy passive electronic countermeasure towed decoy F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, B1-B Lancer Raytheon
AN/ALE-55 Fiber-optic radar jamming and deception towed decoy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet BAE Systems
AN/ALQ - Airborne Countermeasures Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ALQ-71 Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure jamming pod F-105F Wild Weasel[23]
AN/ALQ-87 Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure jamming system, replaced by AN/ALQ-119[24] F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo, F-105 Thunderchief, F-111 Aardvark, F-4 Phantom II, AC-130 Gunship General Electric
AN/ALQ-91 Internally mounted Microwave communications link jamming station A-4 Skyhawk, F-14 Tomcat[25] Sanders Associates, Magnavox
AN/ALQ-94 Combined pulse mode and Continuous-wave radar (CW) deception and noise jammer (trackbreaker), replaced by AN/ALQ-137 F/EF-111A/E/F Aardvark[26] Sanders Associates
AN/ALQ-98 Internally mounted C-band broadband noise jamming system[27] A-3 Skywarrior General Instrument
AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS), active electronic countermeasure jammer/deceiver EA-6B Prowler, EA-18G Growler, EF-111A Raven EDO Corporation
AN/ALQ-100 Internally mounted active Electronic countermeasure system A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair II, EA-6 Prowler, F-14 Tomcat Sanders Associates[28][29]
AN/ALQ-101 Dash 10 pod-mounted electronic countermeasure system Westinghouse Electronic Systems
AN/ALQ-108 Electronic countermeasure system E-2C Hawkeye Magnavox[30]
AN/ALQ-117 Pave Mint Electronic countermeasure system B-52 Stratofortress ITT Inc.[31][32]
AN/ALQ-119 Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure system[33] Westinghouse Electronic Systems[34]
AN/ALQ-122 False-target Electronic countermeasure system B-52G/H Stratofortress, E-3A Sentry Motorola,[35] Northrop Grumman[36]
AN/ALQ-123 Infrared (IR) countermeasures for a variety of military and civil aircraft Lockheed Martin[37]
AN/ALQ-126 Electronic countermeasure pulsed trackbreaker RF-4B Phantom II, EA-6B Prowler[38] Sanders Associates[39]
AN/ALQ-128 Electronic Warfare Warning Set (EWWS), part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS) F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle Magnavox
AN/ALQ-129 Internally mounted trackbreaker F-4 Phantom II, F-14 Tomcat, A-7 Corsair II ITT Inc.
AN/ALQ-130 Electronic countermeasure system to disrupt air-defence communications A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, EA-6 Prowler, A-7 Corsair II, F-4 Phantom II Cutler-Hammer
AN/ALQ-131 Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure system A-10 Thunderbolt II, C-130 Hercules, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon Northrop Grumman
AN/ALQ-132 Electro-optical (EO) Electronic countermeasure system to confuse heat-seeking missiles Sanders Associates, BAE Systems
AN/ALQ-135 Electronic countermeasure system, a part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS) F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle Northrop Grumman
AN/ALQ-136 Electronic countermeasure jammer AH-1 SeaCobra, RC-12 Guardrail, MH-47E Chinook, MH-60K, AH-64A/D Apache ITT Inc.[40]
AN/ALQ-137 Combined pulse mode and CW deception and noise jammer, replaced AN/ALQ-94 F/EF-111A/E/F Aardvark Sanders Associates[41]
AN/ALQ-140 Internally mounted Infrared (IR) jammer F-4 Phantom II Sanders Associates
AN/ALQ-142 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) system, part of LAMPS III system[42] SH-60B Seahawk
AN/ALQ-144 Pod-mounted Infrared (IR) jammer UH-1 Iroquois, AH-1 SuperCobra Sanders Associates, BAE Systems
AN/ALQ-146 Pod-mounted Infrared (IR) jammer[43] CH-46 Sea Knight Sanders Associates
AN/ALQ-147 Pylon-mounted Infrared (IR) jammer OV-1D Mohawk, RV-1D Mohawk Sanders Associates
AN/ALQ-149 Electronic countermeasure communications jammer[44] EA-6B Prowler
AN/ALQ-151 Quickfix Electronic countermeasure system providing direction finding (DF), interception and jamming[45] EH-1X Iroquois, EH-60A/L Blackhawk, UH-1H Iroquois
AN/ALQ-153 Pulse-Doppler radar tail missile approach warning system[46] B-1 Lancer, B-52 Stratofortress
AN/ALQ-155 Power Management System low band jammer[47] B-52 Stratofortress Northrop Grumman
AN/ALQ-156 Integrated Defense Avionics missile approach warning system (MAWS)[48] C-23B Sherpa, EH-60A Black Hawk, OV-1D Mohawk, RC-12 Guardrail BAE Systems Electronic Systems (division of BAE Systems Inc.)
AN/ALQ-157 Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) CH-47 Chinook, C-130 Hercules Loral Space & Communications, BAE Systems
AN/ALQ-161 Electronic countermeasure system B-1B Lancer[49] L3Harris Technologies
AN/ALQ-162 Electronic countermeasure continuous wave (CW) trackbreaker Northrop Grumman[50]
AN/ALQ-164 Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure system AV-8B Harrier[51]
AN/ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ) F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ITT Inc.[52]
AN/ALQ-166 Countermeasures Set, helicopter-towed, remotely controlled minesweeping system EDO Corporation[53]
AN/ALQ-167 Bullwinkle pod-mounted tactical contingency active Electronic countermeasure system A-6E Intruder,

EA-6A/B Prowler, Lockheed EP-3J, F-14A Tomcat, F-14B Tomcat, F/A-18A/B Hornet, F/A-18C/D Hornet, Douglas EC-24A, NKC-135 Big Crow[54] ||

AN/ALQ-171 Conformal Countermeasures System F-5E/F/G Tiger Northrop Grumman
AN/ALQ-172 Self-protection system AC-130H Spectre/AC-130U Spooky, MC-130 Combat Talon, B-52 Stratofortress
AN/ALQ-178 Rapid Alert Programmed Power management of Radar Targets III (RAPPORT III) integrated radar warning and Electronic countermeasure suite[55] Loral Corporation
AN/ALQ-184 Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure system, upgraded from AN/ALQ-119 F-4G Phantom II, F-16 Fighting Falcon Raytheon
AN/ALQ-187 Electronic countermeasure, part of the ASPIS system F-16 Fighting Falcon
AN/ALQ-196 Integrated defensive Electronic countermeasure system AC-130U Spooky II, MC-130E Combat Talon BAE Systems
AN/ALQ-202 Autonomous Electronic countermeasure jammer F-16 Fighting Falcon
AN/ALQ-205 Phase-locked omni-directional Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) system for rotary wing aircraft (helicopters)[56]
AN/ALQ-210 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) CH-148 Cyclone, MH-60R Seahawk Lockheed Martin
AN/ALQ-211 Suite of Integrated RF Countermeasures (SIRFC) CV-22B Osprey, MH-47 Chinook, MH-60 helicopter[57] ITT Inc.
AN/ALQ-212 Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) CH-47 Chinook BAE Systems
AN/ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management Unit (EWMU) F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Terma A/S
AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) set E-2C Hawkeye
AN/ALQ-218 Tactical Jamming Receiver EA-18G Growler, EA-6B Prowler
AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) set P-8 Poseidon
AN/ALR - Airborne Countermeasures Receivers
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ALR-20 Panoramic radar receiver covering 6 bands of spectrum[58] B-52H Stratofortress
AN/ALR-23 Infrared search and track (IRST) sensor F-14 Tomcat,[59] F-111 Aardvark Avco (subsidiary of Textron)
AN/ALR-45 Compass Tie Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) A-5 Vigilante, F-14 Tomcat Litton Industries
AN/ALR-46 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) F-4 Phantom II, RF-4 Phantom II, F-5 Freedom Fighter, B-52 Stratofortress, CC-130 Dalmo-Victor[60]
AN/ALR-56 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon Loral Corporation, Litton Industries[61]
AN/ALR-62 Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW) System or Countermeasures Receiving Set (CRS) F-111 Aardvark[62]
AN/ALR-64 Compass Sail Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)[63] F-4 Phantom II
AN/ALR-66 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)[64] F-5 Tiger, P-3C Orion, A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair II, C-130 Hercules, E-6 Mercury TACAMO, F-4 Phantom II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, SH-2 Seasprite, SH-3 Sea King Northrop Grumman
AN/ALR-67 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) AV-8B Harrier II, F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-6B Prowler [1]
AN/ALR-69 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)[65] B-52H Stratofortress, A-10 Thunderbolt II, AC-130 Spectre, F-16 Fighting Falcon, HH-53, MC-130, F-4 Phantom II
AN/ALR-73 Passive Detection System (PDS), Electronic support measures, direction finding E-2C Hawkeye[66][67]
AN/ALR-76 S-3 Viking, Lockheed EP-3
AN/ALR-94 Self-protection Electronic Warfare (EW) system, detects and responds to surface and airborne threats F-22 Raptor[68] Sanders Associates, General Electric
AN/ALT - Airborne Countermeasures Transmitters
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ALT-13 Electronic countermeasure barrage transmitter B-52 Stratofortress Hallicrafters
AN/ALT-15 Electronic countermeasure barrage transmitter B-52 Stratofortress Hallicrafters
AN/ALT-16 Electronic countermeasure transmitter[69] B-52H Stratofortress Hallicrafters
AN/ALT-28 Electronic countermeasure barrage transmitter, updated version of the earlier ALT-13 B-52 Stratofortress Hallicrafters
AN/ALT-30 Electronic countermeasure barrage transmitter, updated version of the earlier ALT-15 B-52 Stratofortress Hallicrafters
AN/ALT-31 Electronic countermeasure barrage transmitter B-52 Stratofortress Hallicrafters
AN/ALT-32 Electronic countermeasure barrage communications jammer[70] B-52 Stratofortress Hallicrafters

AMx - Aircraft Meteorological Systems

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AN/AMH - Airborne Meteorological Recorders
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AMH-3 Microwave refractometer E-2C Hawkeye[71]
AN/AMQ - Airborne Meteorological Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AMQ-23 Atmospheric meteorological probe measuring temperature and humidity, and transmitting that data to a ground processing facility Balloon-borne Geotronics

APx - Piloted Aircraft Radar Systems

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AN/APG - Airborne Fire-Control Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APG-1 S-Band Intercept Radar P-61B
AN/APG-2 S-Band Intercept & Gun Laying Radar P-61
AN/APG-3 Tail Gun Laying Radar B-29 General Electric
AN/APG-4 L-Band Low Altitude Torpedo release Radar "Sniffer" TBM Avenger
AN/APG-5 S-Band Gun Laying/Range-Finding Radar B-17, B-24, F-86A
AN/APG-6 L-Band Low Altitude Bomb Release Radar "Super Sniffer", replace AN/APG-4
AN/APG-7 Glide Bomb Control Radar "Seeking Radar Bomb"
AN/APG-8 S-Band Turret Fire Control Radar B-29B
AN/APG-9 L-Band Low Altitude Bomb Release Radar, replaced AN/APG-6
AN/APG-10 Weapons System Radar
AN/APG-11 L-Band Toss Bombing Radar
AN/APG-12 L-Band Low Altitude Bomb Release Radar, replace AN/APG-9
AN/APG-13 S-Band Nose Gun Laying Radar "Falcon"[72] B-25H General Electric
AN/APG-14 S-Band Gun Sight Radar B-29
AN/APG-15 S-Band Tail Gun Radar B-29B, PB4Y
AN/APG-16 X-Band Gun Laying Radar, replaced AN/APG-2 B-32, XB-48
AN/APG-17 S-Band Low Altitude Bomb Release Radar, replaced AN/APG-4
AN/APG-18 X-Band Turret Control Radar, replaced AN/APG-5 Martin
AN/APG-19 X-Band Fire Control Radar, replaced AN/APG-8 and -18 Martin
AN/APG-20 S-Band Low Altitude Bomb Release Radar, replaced AN/APG-6
AN/APG-21 Ground-Ranging Radar
AN/APG-22 X-Band Gun Sight Radar, used with Mk18/23 Lead-computing Gunsights Raytheon
AN/APG-23 Weapons System Radar B-36A
AN/APG-24 Weapons System Radar B-36B
AN/APG-25 X-Band Gun Tracking Radar F-100
AN/APG-26 Weapons System Tracking Radar F3D Westinghouse Electric Corporation
AN/APG-27 Tail Gun Radar XB-46, XB-48
AN/APG-28 Intercept Radar, replaced AN/APG-1 F-82F
AN/APG-29 Night/All-Weather Fighter Fire-Control Radar
AN/APG-30 X-Band Fire Control Radar B-45, B-57, F-4E, F-8A, F-84E, F-86A/E/F, F-100, FJ-2, F2H-2 Sperry Corporation
AN/APG-31 Gun Laying Radar B-57 Raytheon
AN/APG-32 X-Band Tail Turret Autotrack Radar B-36D/F, B-47E General Electric
AN/APG-33 X-Band Fire Control Radar TB-25K, F-94A/B, F-89A Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/APG-34 Computing Radar Gunsight F-104C Starfighter
AN/APG-35 Weapon Systems Tracking Radar, replaced AN/APG-26 F3D-2
AN/APG-36 Search Radar, replaced by AN/APG-37 F2H-2N, F-89D Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/APG-37 Search Radar F-86D/K/L, F2H-4 Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/APG-39 Gun Laying Radar B-47E
AN/APG-40 Fire Control Radar TB-25M, F-94C, F-89D, CF-100 Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/APG-41 Tail Gun Radar (twin radomes) B-36H, B-52 General Electric
AN/APG-43 Continuous Wave Interception Radar Raytheon
AN/APG-45 Fire-Control Radar (miniaturized AN/APG-30) General Electric
AN/APG-46 Fire-Control Radar Tested by A-6A
AN/APG-47 Radar Set (type AI Mk 22)
AN/APG-48 Airborne Fire-Control System Mk.22
AN/APG-51 Intercept Radar F3D, F2H-2 Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/APG-53 Fire control radar A-4C/M/N Skyhawk Stewart-Warner
AN/APG-59 Fire control radar paired with AN/AWG-10 FCS, replaced AN/APQ-72 F-4J/S Phantom II Westinghouse
AN/APG-60 Modified AN/APQ-100 Fire control radar paired with AN/AWG-11 FCS, replaced AN/APG-59 F-4K Phantom II Ferranti
AN/APG-61 Modified AN/APQ-109 Fire control radar paired with AN/AWG-12 FCS, replaced AN/APG-60 F-4M Phantom II Ferranti
AN/APG-63 All-weather multimode Fire control radar system paired with AN/AWG-20 FCS F-15A/B/C/D Eagle Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/APG-64 Fire control radar Did not enter service
AN/APG-65 All-weather multimode Fire control radar system F/A-18 Hornet Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/APG-66 X-band Solid-state medium range (up to 150 km) pulse-Doppler planar array radar[73] F-16 Fighting Falcon Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman)
AN/APG-67 Multi-mode all-digital X-band coherent Pulse-Doppler radar for air-to-air, air-to-ground, sea-search and mapping F-20 Tigershark, F-16 Fighting Falcon General Electric
AN/APG-68 Long range (maximum detection range 50 mi (80 km)) Pulse-doppler radar, variant of the AN/APG-66. Being replaced by AN/APG-83 F-16 Fighting Falcon Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman)
AN/APG-69 Air-to-air and air-to-ground X-band coherent Pulse-Doppler radar, successor of AN/APQ-159 F-5E/F/G Tiger Emerson Electric
AN/APG-70 All-weather multimode radar system designed from the AN/APG-63. Has Doppler Beam Sharpening (DBS) / Mapping / Synthetic Aparture Radar (SAR) modes F-15E Strike Eagle
AN/APG-71 Multi-mode X-band Pulse-Doppler radar system upgrade of AN/AWG-9 F-14D Tomcat Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/APG-73 Radar, upgrade of the AN/APG-65 F/A-18C/D Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Raytheon
AN/APG-76 Pulse-doppler Ku-band multi-mode radar F-4E Phantom II Northrop Grumman
AN/APG-77 Multifunction solid-state Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) low-probability-of-intercept radar F-22 Raptor Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman), Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APG-78 Longbow millimeter-wave Fire-Control Radar (FCR) system with AGM-114L Hellfire LongBow missiles AH-64D Apache, AH-64E Guardian Longbow LLC (Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman)
AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar EA-18G Growler, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
AN/APG-80 Air-to-air, search-and-track, air-to-ground targeting and aircraft terrain-following Scalable Agile Beam Radar F-16E/F Fighting Falcon Northrop Grumman
AN/APG-81 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar successor to AN/APG-77 F-35 Lightning II Northrop Grumman
AN/APG-82 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar of the AN/APG-63 family F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15EX Eagle II
AN/APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) fire control Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), variant of the AN/APG-66 F-16 Fighting Falcon Northrop Grumman
AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar developed from AN/APG-81 F-35 Lightning II Northrop Grumman
AN/APN - Airborne Navigation Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APN-1 Ultra high frequency (UHF) Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar altimeter[74]
AN/APN-2 Interrogator/responser
AN/APN-3 Navigation
AN/APN-4 Long Range Navigation LORAN (Long Range Navigation) radio navigation system
AN/APN-7 Transponder beacon
AN/APN-9 Long Range Navigation LORAN simplified
AN/APN-10 Glider interrogator/responser
AN/APN-12 Beacon interrogator/responser
AN/APN-19 Beacon
AN/APN-59 X-band navigation, search and weather radar, replaced AN/SPS-38[75] B-57 Canberra, C-130 Hercules, C-133 Cargomaster, C-135 Stratolifter, C-141 Starlifter, KC-97 Stratofreighter
AN/APN-69 X-band rendezvous beacon B-47 Stratojet
AN/APN-70 Long Range Navigation LORAN (Long Range Navigation) radio system P-3A/B Orion
AN/APN-81 X-band Pulse-Doppler radar[75] B-47 Stratojet
AN/APN-141 Radar altimeter P-3A/B Orion, A-6A Intruder
AN/APN-149 Terrain-following radar
AN/APN-165 Terrain-following radar OV-1 Mohawk Texas Instruments
AN/APN-171 Radar altimeter
AN/APN-194 Radar altimeter A-6E Intruder, P-3C Orion, T-45 Goshawk Honeywell Aerospace Technologies (subsidiary of Honeywell)
AN/APN-203 High range radar altimeter
AN/APN-215 Multimode X-band sea search terrain-mapping weather radar,nearly identical to AN/APN-234[76] RU-38A Twin Condor
AN/APN-217 Doppler navigation sensor compatible with LAMPS III AH-1 Cobra, UH-1H Iroquois, SH-60B Seahawk, MH-53E Super Stallion, RH-53D Sea Stallion, CH-46 Sea Knight Teledyne Ryan
AN/APN-233 Doppler navigator sensor C-2 Greyhound, CH-47 Chinook, OV-10 Bronco, S-2 Tracker Teledyne Ryan
AN/APN-234 Multimode X-band sea search terrain-mapping weather radar, nearly identical to AN/APN-215[76] C-2A Greyhound
AN/APN-237 Ku-band Terrain-Following Radar part of AN/AAQ-13 Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APN-241 X-band high-resolution Low Power Color Radar (LCPR) for weather and navigation[77] AC-130H Spectre, C-130 Hercules, MC-130W Combat Spear Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman)
AN/APN-242 X-band high-resolution color or monochrome weather and navigation radar replacement for AN/APN-59[78] Northrop Grumman
AN/APQ - Airborne Multipurpose/Special Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APQ-7 Eagle radar bombsight system B-17 Flying Fortress, B-29 Superfortress Western Electric
AN/APQ-13 Mickey set X-band bombing radar, also known as H2X, developed from the British H2S radar[79] B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-29 Superfortress Bell Labs, Western Electric
AN/APQ-35 X-band night intruder radar[80] F3D Skyknight
AN/APQ-36 Fire control radar F3D Skyknight, F7U Cutlass
AN/APQ-41 Fire control radar
AN/APQ-46 Fire control radar
AN/APQ-50 Fire control radar F4D Skyray
AN/APQ-72 Fire control radar, developed from AN/APQ-50 F4D Skyray
AN/APQ-89 Terrain-following radar T-2 Buckeye
AN/APQ-92 Search and terrain avoidance radar A-6 Intruder
AN/APQ-99 Forward looking radar RF-4 Phantom II Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APQ-100
AN/APQ-101
AN/APQ-103
AN/APQ-109
AN/APQ-110 Ku-band Terrain Following Radar (TFR), replaced AN/APQ-102[81] F-111 Aardvark, RF-4C Phantom II Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APQ-112 Target tracking and ranging radar A-6 Intruder
AN/APQ-113 Ku-band multi-mode air-to-ground and air-to-air nose attack radar[82] F-111 Aardvark, F-111B General Electric
AN/APQ-114 Multi-mode nose radar, variant of the AN/APQ-113 F-4 Phantom II, FB-111A Aardvark General Electric
AN/APQ-115
AN/APQ-116 Radar A-7 Corsair II, C-130 Hercules
AN/APQ-117
AN/APQ-120 X-band solid-state Fire-control radar developed from AN/APQ-117[83] F-4 Phantom II Westinghouse Electronic Systems
AN/APQ-122 Search and weather radar system Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APQ-126 Ku-band ground mapping, air-to-ground ranging attack radar[84] A-7 Corsair II Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APQ-129
AN/APQ-134
AN/APQ-139
AN/APQ-140 Ku band multifunction radar[84] B-1A Lancer Raytheon
AN/APQ-144 Multi-mode nose attack radar, variant of AN/APQ-113 FB-111A
AN/APQ-146 Forward looking multi-mode radar F-111F Aardvark Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APQ-147
AN/APQ-148 Multi-mode radar A-6 Intruder Norden Systems
AN/APQ-153 X-band Fire-control radar for search, air-to-air gunnery and missiles[85] F-5E Tigershark II Emerson Electric
AN/APQ-154
AN/APQ-156 Variant of AN/APQ-148 with FLIR A-6E Intruder
AN/APQ-157 Fire control radar F-5F Tigershark
AN/APQ-158 Pave Low III Ku-band multimode Terrain-following radar[86] MH-53
AN/APQ-159 Forward-looking radar F-5E Tigershark II
AN/APQ-161 Updated AN/APS-144 airborne radar F-111F Aardvark General Electric
AN/APQ-162
AN/APQ-163 Multi-mode nose attack radar, variant of AN/APQ-144 B-1A Lancer General Electric
AN/APQ-164 X-band multimode pulse doppler navigation, weapons control, Terrain-following radar[87] B-52 Stratofortress, B-1B Lancer
AN/APQ-168
AN/APQ-171
AN/APQ-172 Terrain-following radar RF-4C/E Phantom II
AN/APQ-173
AN/APQ-174 Radar MH-47 Chinook, MH-60 Blackhawk
AN/APQ-179 Control Indicator Set (CIS) E-2C Hawkeye
AN/APQ-180
AN/APQ-181 Ku-band multimode GPS aided targeting radar system[88] B-2 Spirit Hughes Electronics, Raytheon
AN/APQ-186
AN/APR - Airborne Radar Receivers
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APR-9 Electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) receiver, Early Warning Radar[89] A-1 Skyraider, B-52 Stratofortress, B-57 Canberra, EB-66 Destroyer, EC-121 Warning Star, P-2 Neptune, S-2 Tracker, AF-2W Guardian, ZPK Blimp AIL, Collins Radio[citation needed]
AN/APR-25 S/C/X-band Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW) EF-4C Wild Weasel IV Itek
AN/APR-27 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Magnavox
AN/APR-38 Radio frequency receiver F-4G Phantom II
AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)[90] AH-1F Cobra, AH-1W Cobra, AH-64A Apache, CH-46 Sea Knight, CH-47D Chinook, CH-53 Sea Stallion, EH-60A Blackhawk, KC-130 Tanker, OH-58C/D Kiowa, OV-1D Mohawk, RV-1D Mohawk, RC-12 Guardrail, MH-47E Chinook, MH-60K Blackhawk, OH-58C/D Kiowa, UH-1N Twin Huey, UH-1H Iroquois, UH-1V Iroquois, UH-60A/L Blackhawk, UH-60Q Blackhawk, V-22 Osprey Litton Industries
AN/APR-43 Compass Sail Clockwise radio frequency receiving CW launch warning system
AN/APR-44 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
AN/APR-46 Wideband microwave receiving systems[91] MC-130E Combat Talon I, MC-130H Combat Talon II, AC-130H Spectre
AN/APR-47 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system F-4G Wild Weasel V
AN/APR-48 Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI)[92]
AN/APS - Airborne Search and Detection Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APS-2
AN/APS-13 Archie tail warning radar system
AN/APS-15 Ground scanning X-band bombing radar, also known as H2X
AN/APS-20 Sea search S-band Airbore Early Warning radar TBM-3W Avenger, WV-2 Warning Star, PB-1W Flying Fortress, ZPG-2W N-class blimp, WB-29 Superfortress, EC-121 Warning Star, P-2 Neptune, EA-1E Skyraider
AN/APS-45 Height-finding radar EC-121 Warning Star
AN/APS-80 Surface search radar P-3 Orion
AN/APS-88 Surface search radar
AN/APS-94 Side-looking radar OV-1 Mohawk
AN/APS-109 Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW) System F-111 Aardvark Dalmo Victor
AN/APS-115 Search radar P-3C Orion
AN/APS-116 X-band Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) radar S-3A Viking Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APS-120 Radar E-2C Hawkeye
AN/APS-125 Radar upgrade of the AN/APS-120 E-2C Hawkeye
AN/APS-127 X-band Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) radar, derivative of AN/APS-124
AN/APS-130
AN/APS-134 X-band Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) radar, derivative of AN/APS-124
AN/APS-137 Multipurpose radar for standoff target identification, an upgrade of AN/APS-116 S-3B Viking Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/APS-138 Upgrade of AN/APS-125 E-2C Hawkeye
AN/APS-145 Upgrade of AN/APS-138 E-2C Hawkeye
AN/APS-146 Upgrade of AN/APS-138 E-2C Hawkeye
AN/APS-148 Sea Vue X-band radar, improved AN/APS-137 Raytheon
AN/APS-149 Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS) X-band radar P-3 Orion
AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) P-8 Poseidon
AN/APS-506 X-band Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) radar P-3 Orion
AN/APW - Airborne Flight Control Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APW-1 Missile guidance radar transceiver JB-2 Thunderbug
AN/APW-11A Bombing Air Radar Guidance System and transponder B-57 Canberra, F-84F Thunderstreak, North American X-10
AN/APX - Airborne Identification Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APX-6 L-band Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder system F-84F Thunderstreak, B-47 Stratojet Hazeltine Corporation
AN/APX-64 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system
AN/APX-72 Transponder A-4AR Fightinghawk, P-3 Orion Bendix Corporation, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies (subsidiary of Honeywell)
AN/APX-80 Combat Tree Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system F-4D Phantom II
AN/APX-81 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system F-4 Phantom II
AN/APX-92 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system Packard Bell Corporation
AN/APX-100 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system T-45 Goshawk, MQ-1 Predator Honeywell Aerospace Technologies (subsidiary of Honeywell)
AN/APX-113 Combined interrogator & transponder system BAE Systems
AN/APX-118 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system P-3 Orion
AN/APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle Raytheon
AN/APX-125 Combined interrogator & transponder system BAE Systems
AN/APX-126 Combined interrogator & transponder system BAE Systems
AN/APY - Airborne Surveillance Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/APY-1 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Passive electronically scanned array surveillance radar E-3B Sentry Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman)
AN/APY-2 Improved AN/APY-1 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Passive electronically scanned array surveillance radar E-3C Sentry
AN/APY-3 Side-looking planar passive phased array surveillance radar E-8 Joint STARS
AN/APY-6 X-band synthetic-aperture radar, developed from AN/APY-3
AN/APY-7 Active electronically scanned array radar, developed from AN/APY-3

AQx - Piloted Aircraft Sonar Systems

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AN/AQS - Airborne Search & Detection Sonars
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AQS-10 Airborne dipping sonar SH-3A Sea King
AN/AQS-13 Airborne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) dipping sonar SH-3D Sea King
AN/AQS-20 Sonar mine countermeasure SH-3D Sea King Raytheon
AN/AQS-22 Advanced Airborne Low-Frequency Sonar (ALFS) MH-60R Seahawk Telephonics Corporation

ARx - Piloted Aircraft Radio Systems

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AN/ARA - Airborne Radio Auxiliary Assemblies
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ARA-25 Ultra high frequency (UHF) direction finding group radio compass B-47 Stratojet
AN/ARA-26 Emergency keyer group B-47 Stratojet
AN/ARA-63 Instrument Carrier Landing System (ICLS) Receiving-Decoding Group (R-DG)[93] E-2C Hawkeye
AN/ARC - Airborne Radio Communications
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ARC-5 Radio communication system
AN/ARC-21 HF Long Range Liaison Radio Set replaced by AN/ARC-65 B-47 Stratojet
AN/ARC-34 Ultra high frequency (UHF) radio communication system
AN/ARC-38 HF AM transceiver Collins Radio
AN/ARC-65 HF radio communication system replaced AN/ARC-21, added Single-sideband modulation (SSB)
AN/ARC-133 Ultra high frequency (UHF) Radio communication system, pressurized version of AN/ARC-34
AN/ARC-164 Ultra high frequency (UHF) radio communication system
AN/ARC-182 Very High Frequency (VHF)/Ultra high frequency (UHF) two-way, multi-mode radio communication system Rockwell Collins
AN/ARC-186 Very High Frequency (VHF) AM/FM radio communication system E-8 Joint STARS
AN/ARC-190 HF radio communication system C-130J Super Hercules Rockwell Collins
AN/ARC-210 VHF/UHF/SATCOM two-way, multi-mode voice and data radio communication system E-8 Joint STARS Rockwell Collins
AN/ARC-231 Skyfire VHF/UHF/SATCOM two-way, multi-mode voice and data radio communication system BAE Systems
AN/ARC-232 Very High Frequency (VHF)/Ultra high frequency (UHF) radio communication system Raytheon
AN/ARN - Airborne Radio Navigation Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ARN-5 Glide path receiver used with AN/CRN-2
AN/ARN-6 Radio compass B-47 Stratojet Bendix Corporation
AN/ARN-7 Radio compass TB-32-10-CF Dominator
AN/ARC-8 Liaison radio developed from AN/ART-13
AN/ARN-12 Marker beacon receiver system B-47 Stratojet
AN/ARN-14 VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) system B-47 Stratojet
AN/ARN-21 Tactical air navigation system (TACAN) system F5D Skylancer
AN/ARN-126 Radio navigation AAR Corporation
AN/ARQ - Airborne Radio Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ARQ-34 HF radio communication system E-2C Hawkeye
AN/ART - Airborne Radio Transmitters
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ART-13 Radio transmitter Collins Radio, Stewart-Warner

ASx - Piloted Aircraft Special/Combination Systems

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AN/ASB - Airborne Special/Combination Bombing Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ASB-19 Angle Rate Bombing System (ARBS) A-4 Skyhawk, A-4AR Fightinghawk, AV-8B Harrier II
AN/ASG - Airborne Special/Combination Fire Control Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ASG-18 Airborne pulse-doppler fire control radar XF-108 Rapier, Lockheed YF-12
AN/ASQ - Airborne Special/Combination Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ASQ-8 Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) P-2 Neptune, P-5 Marlin, S-2 Tracker
AN/ASQ-81 Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) equipped helicopters, P-3 Orion, S-3 Viking
AN/ASQ-119 Stellar navigation Astrotracker astrocompass FB-111A Aardvark Litton Industries
AN/ASQ-153 Pave Spike electro-optical laser designator targeting pod F-4D/E Phantom II Westinghouse Electronic Systems
AN/ASQ-213 AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) targeting system pod F-16 Fighting Falcon Texas Instruments (acquired by Raytheon)
AN/ASQ-228 Multi-sensor, electro-optical Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) pod F/A-18C/D Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Raytheon
AN/ASQ-236 Dragon's Eye high resolution advanced electronically scanned array Synthetic aperture radar pod F-15E Strike Eagle, B-52 Stratofortress
AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda Electronic Warfare (EW) system F-35 Lightning II BAE Systems
AN/ASW - Airborne Special/Combination Flight/Remote Control Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ASW-27 Data Link System F-14 Tomcat Harris Corporation (now L3Harris Technologies)
AN/ASX - Airborne Special/Combination Identification Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ASX-1 Target Identification System Electro-Optical (TISEO) F-4E Phantom II, F-15 Eagle Northrop Grumman[94]

AVx - Piloted Aircraft Visible Light Systems

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AN/AVQ - Airborne Visual/Light Multipurpose/Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AVQ-10 Pave Knife pylon-mounted targeting pod, replaced by Pave Spike and Pave Tack systems A-6 Intruder, F-4 Phantom II Ford Aerospace
AN/AVQ-11 Pave Sword laser spot tracker pod F-4 Phantom II
AN/AVQ-19 Laser Target Range Designator/Ranger (LTDR) AC-130H Spectre Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/AVQ-23 Pave Spike pylon-mounted electro-optical laser targeting pod F-4D/E Phantom II
AN/AVQ-26 Pave Tack electro-optical targeting pod, replaced AN/AVQ-10 F-4 Phantom II, F-111C Pig, F-111F Aardvark
AN/AVR - Airborne Light Receivers
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AVR-2 Passive Laser warning receiver AH-1F Cobra, AH-64A/D Apache, EH-60A Blackhawk, MH-47E Chinook, MH-60K Blackhawk, OH-58D Kiowa Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)[95]
AN/AVS - Airborne Visual Search Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AVS-6 Dual tube Aviator Night Vision Imaging System (ANVIS), adapted from AN/PVS-5
AN/AVS-9 Dual tube Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and Panoramic Night Vision Goggles (PNVG)
AN/AVS-10 Panoramic Night Vision Goggles (PNVG), also Aviator Night Vision Imaging System (ANVIS) 10, precursor to the GPNVG-18

AWx - Piloted Aircraft Armament Systems

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AN/AWG - Airborne Fire-Control Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AWG-3 Fire Control System
AN/AWG-4 Fire Control System F-8E(FN)
AN/AWG-6 Fire Control System, paired with AN/APG-30
AN/AWG-7 Fire Control System F-8U-3 Autotechnics[96]
AN/AWG-9 All-weather, multi-mode X-band pulse-Doppler radar and Fire Control System (FCS) F-14 Tomcat Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/AWG-10 Pulse-Doppler Fire Control System paired with AN/APG-59 FCR F-4J/S Phantom II Westinghouse
AN/AWG-11 Pulse-Doppler Fire Control System paired with AN/APG-60 FCR F-4K Phantom II Ferranti
AN/AWG-12 Pulse-Doppler Fire Control System paired with AN/APG-61 FCR F-4M Phantom II Ferranti
AN/AWG-13 Fire Control System AC-119
AN/AWG-14 Fully Digital AN/AWG-10 Pulse-Doppler Fire Control System paired with AN/APQ-120 Westinghouse Electric Corporation
AN/AWG-15 Digital Fire Control Set paired with AN/AWG-9, AN/AWG-15H present in F-14B F-14A/B Fairchild Aircraft
AN/AWG-16 Video Uplink/Command Downlink for AGM-62A
AN/AWG-19 HACL (Harpoon Aircraft Command and Launch) Control Set A-6E Intruder, B-52, P-3 Orion, S-3 Viking
AN/AWG-20 Armament Control System paired with AN/APG-63 Family F-15C/D Eagle
AN/AWG-21 Fire Control System for AGM-78 Standard ARM (anti-radiation missle) system A-6B/E Intruder Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis
AN/AWG-24 Gun Fire Control System, replaced AN/AWG-6 T-2
AN/AWG-25 Command Launch Computer A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair
AN/AWG-27 Programmable Armament Control System paired with AN/APG-63 Family F-15E Eagle
AN/AWG-30 Fire Control System AC-130
AN/AWG-31 Fire Control System A-10 Thunderbolt II
AN/AWG-32 Maverick Plus System S-3B Viking
AN/AWG-33 Digital Stores Management System (DSMS) P-3C Orion General Dynamics
AN/AWG-35 Defensive Weapon System (DWS) CV-22B

AXx - Piloted Aircraft Television Systems

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AN/AXT - Airborne TV/Fax Transmitters
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AXT-2 Television transmitter JB-4 (MX-607) air-to-surface missile

AYx - Piloted Aircraft Computer Systems

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AN/AYK - Airborne Data Processing Computers
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/AYK-14 Mission computer SH-60R Seahawk UNISYS, Control Data Corporation

BPx - Submarine Radar Systems

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AN/BPS - Submarine Radar Detection Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Submarine Class Manufacturer
AN/BPS-15 Class-A X-Band Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) surface search radar Los Angeles-class submarine, Ohio-class submarine, Virginia-class submarine Electromechanical Systems[97]
AN/BPS-16 Class-A X-Band Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) surface search radar Ohio-class submarine, Seawolf-class submarine, Virginia-class submarine Northrop Grumman[97]

BQx - Submarine SONAR Systems

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AN/BQH - Submarine SONAR Recording Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Submarine Class Manufacturer
AN/BQH-1 Depth sound speed measuring set (velocimeter)[98] Dyna-Empire Corp
AN/BQQ - Submarine SONAR Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Submarine Class Manufacturer
AN/BQQ-5 Bow-mounted spherical SONAR data gathering set with Low Frequency Active Interference Rejection, Dual Towed Array Processing, and Full Spectrum Processing Los Angeles-class submarine, Ohio-class submarine IBM
AN/BQQ-6 Hull-mounted, long-range passive SONAR system adopted from the AN/BQQ-5 Ohio-class submarine[99] Lockheed Martin, Vitro Corp, Southwest Marine[100]
AN/BQQ-10 Active/Passive SONAR replacing AN/BBQ-6 Virginia-class submarine[101]
AN/BQR - Submarine Sonar Detection Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Submarine Class Manufacturer
AN/BQR-15 Signal Processing and Display (SPAD) thin line towed array, cable 2,640 ft[102] Lafayette-class submarine, Ohio-class submarine Western Electric[103]
AN/BSY - Submarine Special Surveillance Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Submarine Class Manufacturer
AN/BSY-1 Submarine Advanced Combat System (SUBACS) Los Angeles-class submarine, IBM Corporation
AN/BSY-2 Submarine Advanced Combat System (SUBACS) Seawolf-class submarine

CPx - Cryptographic (previously, Transportable Radar) Systems

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AN/CPN - Air Transportable Navigation Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/CPN-1 S-band radar beacon[104]
AN/CPN-2 Short range transponder for aid in blind bombing[104] RCA Corporation
AN/CPN-3 S-band radar beacon[105] Ship- or land-based
AN/CPN-4 Precision approach search radar[104] Raytheon, ITT-Gilfillan
AN/CPN-6 Minnie X-band radar beacon[105][104] Ship- or land-based Galvin Manufacturing Corporation
AN/CPN-7 Beam Approach Beacon System (BABS)[106]
AN/CPN-8 S-band[104] Homing beacon (BPS), part of AN/MPN-2 mobile radar beacon
AN/CPN-11 Transportable master/slave LORAN (Long Range Navigation) beacon[106][104]
AN/CPN-12 Transportable master/slave LORAN (Long Range Navigation) beacon[106][104]
AN/CPN-17 S-band transportable Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) beacon[104] Galvin Manufacturing Corporation
AN/CPN-18 S-band transportable Air Traffic Control radar beacon system[104]
AN/CPS - Air Transportable Search and Detection Radars
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/CPS-1 Heavyweight semi-mobile Microwave Early Warning (MEW) long range and high angle radar[104] General Electric
AN/CPS-2 Early Warning medium-range radar[104] Federal Telephone and Radio Corp
AN/CPS-3 Transportable search radar[104] Project 421, Camp Evans Signal Laboratory[107]
AN/CPS-4 Beaver Tail (or Big Weapon or Big Beaver) transportable S-band medium-range height-finding radar[104] Lashup Radar Network
AN/CPS-5 Transportable medium weight Ground-Controlled Interception (GCI) radar[104] Lashup Radar Network General Electric, Bendix Corporation
AN/CPS-6 Minnie S-band medium-range radar beacon Lashup Radar Network General Electric
AN/CPS-9 X-band meteorological radar

CRx - Cryptographic Radio Systems

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AN/CRC - Cryptographical Radio Communications[108]
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/CRC-7 Survival radio
AN/CRN - Cryptographical Radio Navigation Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/CRN-1 Low-frequency parachute navigation/homing buoy radio beacon[109]
AN/CRN-2 Trailer mounted 30-foot mast antenna instrument landing glide path transmitter[110]
AN/CRN-3 Instrument landing azimuth transmitter for centerline, same as AN/MRN-1
AN/CRT - Air Transportable Radio Transmitters
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/CRT-1 Passive omnidirectional broadband sonobuoy[111]
AN/CRT-4 Second military sonobuoy[111]

CYx - Cryptographic Data Processing

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AN/CYZ - Cryptographic Computer Secure
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/CYZ-10 Data Transfer Device (DTD), Key fill device

DAx - Pilotless Carrier Infrared

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AN/DAW - Missile/Drone Infrared Flight Control Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Missle/Drone Manufacturer
AN/DAW-1 Improved all-aspect guidance section MIM-72 Chaparral[112] Ford Aeronutronic

DRx - Pilotless Carrier Radio

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AN/DRC - Missile/Drone Radio Communications System
Designation Purpose/Description Missle/Drone Manufacturer
AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Boeing

FGx - Fixed Telegraph/Teletype Systems

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AN/FGC - Fixed Telegraph/Teletype Communications
Designation Purpose/Description Sites/Users Manufacturer
AN/FGC-59 Teletype Teletype Corporation[113]

FLx - Fixed Countermeasures Systems

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AN/FLR - Fixed Passive Countermeasures Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FLR-9 Iron Horse network HF/DF direction finding antenna array, nickname Elephant Cage

FMx - Fixed Meteorological Systems

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AN/FMQ - Fixed Meteorological Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FMQ-19 Automated weather observing system (AWOS)[114] Mesotech International
AN/FMQ-22 Automated weather observing system (AWOS)[115] Mesotech International
AN/FMQ-23 Automated weather observing system (AWOS)[116] Mesotech International

FPx - Fixed Radar Systems

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AN/FPQ - Fixed Radar Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FPQ-4 C/L band and Ultra high frequency (UHF) radars for the Downrange Anti-missile Measurement Program (DAMP) USAS American Mariner
AN/FPQ-6 Land-based C-band radar system used for long-range, small-target tracking NASA Kennedy Space Center RCA Corporation
AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) passive electronically scanned array US Army Safeguard Program General Electric
AN/FPS - Fixed Radar Search Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FPS-3 L-band early-warning and Ground-Controlled Interception (GCI) radar Bendix Corporation
AN/FPS-4 Height-finder radar Zenith Electronics, RCA Corporation
AN/FPS-5 Nodding Height-finder radar Hazeltine Corporation
AN/FPS-6 Height finder radar Hazeltine Corporation
AN/FPS-7 L-band long range stacked-beam air defense and air traffic control search radar General Electric
AN/FPS-8 L-band medium-range aircraft control and early warning search radar
AN/FPS-10 Fixed search radar, stripped-down version of AN/CPS-6B
AN/FPS-12 Surveillance radar supporting Downrange Anti-missile Measurement Program (DAMP) USAS American Mariner
AN/FPS-14 S-band medium-range low-altitude search Radar Bendix Corporation
AN/FPS-16 Ground-based monopulse single object tracking radar (SOTR) NASA, US Air Force, US Army Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
AN/FPS-17 Ground-based fixed-beam detection radar
AN/FPS-18 Medium-range search radar Bendix Corporation
AN/FPS-19 L-band long-range search radar North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Raytheon
AN/FPS-20 L-band early warning and ground-controlled interception radar Bendix Corporation
AN/FPS-23 Fluttar short-range early-warning radar Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) Motorola
AN/FPS-24 Very high frequency (VHF) two-frequency long range early warning radar General Electric
AN/FPS-26 Height finder radar
AN/FPS-27 S-band Frequency Diverse (FD) search radar Westinghouse Electronics
AN/FPS-30 Long range early warning radar
AN/FPS-35 Frequency diverse long range air defense search radar Sperry Corporation
AN/FPS-41 S-band weather radar
AN/FPS-49 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) five-horn monopulse tracker radar RCA Corporation
AN/FPS-50 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) ultra-high frequency (UHF) radar with an Organ-pipe scanner General Electric
AN/FPS-65 L-band early warning and Ground-Controlled Interception (GCI) radar Bendix Corporation
AN/FPS-77 C-band medium-range storm detection radar[117]
AN/FPS-85 Phased array spacetrack radar Bendix Corporation
AN/FPS-90 S-band long range height finder radar General Electric
AN/FPS-95 Cobra Mist ground-based over-the-horizon radar
AN/FPS-107 L-band long range search radar Westinghouse Electronics
AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane[118] Shemya island
AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS Phased Array Warning System early warning radar Raytheon
AN/FPS-117 L-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) 3-dimensional air search radar GE Aerospace (now Lockheed Martin)
AN/FPS-118 Over-The-Horizon-Backscatter (OTH-B) radar General Electric, Raytheon, Sylvania Electric Products[119]
AN/FPS-120 PAVE PAWS Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) replaced AN/FPS-50 Raytheon
AN/FPS-123 PAVE PAWS Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) Raytheon
AN/FPS-124 Short range doppler unattended radar (UAR)
AN/FPS-126 PAVE PAWS Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) Raytheon
AN/FPS-129 HAVE STARE dual band (S-band/X-band) ground space tracking radar Raytheon
AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) Raytheon

FRx - Fixed Radio Systems

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AN/FRD - Fixed Radio Direction Finder, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FRD-10 Wullenweber circularly disposed antenna array (CDAA) high frequency Direction Finder (HF/DF) Sylvania Electric Products, RCA Corporation, Kenton Electric[113]

FSx - Fixed Special Systems

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AN/FSA - Fixed Special Auxiliary Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FSA-12 Detector-Tracker Group, Data Processing and Display Subsystem, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command
AN/FSA-21 Weapons Control Group computer, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command
AN/FSA-23 Jammer Tracker Group, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command
AN/FSA-31 Radar Signal Processor, Data Acquisition Subsystem, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command
AN/FSG - Fixed Special Fire Control System
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FSG-1 Anti-aircraft Defense System, Project Nike, surface-to-air missile Command, control and coordination system (CCCS) Missile Master installations The Martin Company
AN/FSQ - Fixed Special Combination System
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FSQ-7 Computerized air defense command and control system; Combat Direction Central IBM
AN/FSQ-8 Air defense command and control system; Combat Control Central IBM
AN/FSQ-27 RW-400 real-time data processing computer TRW Inc.[120]
AN/FSQ-31 Command, control, and coordination system (CCCS), part of the Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) Strategic Air Command IBM
AN/FSQ-32 Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) solid state Computer
AN/FST - Fixed Special Transmitter System
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/FST-2 Coordinate Data Transmitting Set (CDTS) computer system SAGE radar stations Burroughs Corporation

GKx - Ground Telemetering Systems

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AN/GKA - Ground Telemetering Auxiliary Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GKA-1 Flight Control Group, part of AN/GPA-37 Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command General Electric
AN/GKA-10 Converter Group, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command RCA Corporation
AN/GKA-11 Converter Group, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command RCA Corporation
AN/GKA-12 Receiver Group, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command General Electric
AN/GKA-13 Monitor Transmitter Group, part of AN/GPA-73 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command RCA Corporation

GPx - Ground Radar Systems

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AN/GPA - Ground Radar Auxiliary Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GPA-23 Computing-Tracking Group, part of AN/GPA-37 Course Directing Group Air Defense Command General Electric
AN/GPA-34 Converter Group for processing radar data, part of AN/GPA-37 Course Directing Group Air Defense Command General Electric
AN/GPA-35 Ground Environment, surface-to-air missile (SAM) weapons direction system CIM-10 Bomarc Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman)
AN/GPA-37 Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system (CCCS) Air Defense Command General Electric
AN/GPA-67 Time Division Data Link, part of AN/GPA-37 Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system Air Defense Command General Electric
AN/GPA-73 Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system (CCCS) General Electric
AN/GPG - Ground Radar Fire Control System
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GPG-1 Anti-aircraft tracker radar for 75-mm AA gun mount[121][122] Sperry Corporation
AN/GPN - Ground Radar Navigational Aids System
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GPN-12 S-band air traffic control radar (ASR-7)[123] Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)
AN/GPN-20 Solid-state all-weather dual-channel air traffic control radar, modified ASR-8[124] Raytheon
AN/GPN-27 Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-8)[125] Northrop Grumman
AN/GPN-30 Digital Airport Surveillance Radar (DASR) (ASR-11), replacing AN/GPN-12, AN/GPN-20 and AN/GPN-27[126] Raytheon

GRx - Ground Radio Systems

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AN/GRC - Ground Radio Communications Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GRC-9 High Frequency (HF) long range radio replacing Signal Corps Radio SCR-694[127]
AN/GRC-46 Radioteletype set originally mounted on M-37 series 3/4-ton truck[128]
AN/GRC-103 Lightweight, ultra-high frequency (UHF) tactical radio relay[129] Canadian Marconi Company, Magnavox
AN/GRC-109 High Frequency (HF) radio transmitter/receiver/power-supply[130] Special Forces, Central Intelligence Agency Admiral Corporation
AN/GRD - Ground Radio Direction Finder, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GRD-6 Direction finder Sylvania Electric Products

GSx - Ground Special Systems

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AN/GSA - Ground Special Auxiliary Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GSA-51 Radar Course Directing Group air defense command, control, and coordination system (CCCS), part of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys)
AN/GSG - Ground Special Fire Control
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GSG-5 Battery Integration and Radar DIsplay Equipment (BIRDIE) Nike missile Command, control and coordination system (CCCS) The Martin Company
AN/GSG-6 Battery Integration and Radar DIsplay Equipment (BIRDIE) Nike missile Command, control and coordination system (CCCS) The Martin Company
AN/GSG-10 TACFIRE Gun data computer automating selected field artillery command and control functions[131]
AN/GSQ - Ground Special Combination Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GSQ-16 Automatic machine translation system US Air Force IBM
AN/GSQ-33 Transistorized ground guidance computer MOD1 SM-65 Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) defense system Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys)
AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel Collection, Processing, exploitation, Analysis and Dissemination (CPAD) Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS)[132]
AN/GSS - Ground Special Passive Detecting Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GSS-1 Medium-range transportable Electronic Search Central system with AN/TPS-1D search radar for the Project Nike Air Defence Missile system Bell Labs, MIT Radiation Laboratory

GVx - Ground Visual Equipment

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AN/GVS - Ground Visual Passive Detecting Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GVS-3 Ruby laser ranging system with photomultiplier detector and red outer precious stone light exciter[133]

GYx - Ground Digital Processing Equipment

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AN/GYK - Ground Digital Processing Computer Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/GYK-3 D825 modular data processing computer, part of AN/GSA-51 Radar Course Directing Group US Naval Research Laboratory
AN/GYK-12 Ruggedized computer for use in the TACFIRE tactical fire direction system Litton Industries
AN/GYK-29 Battery Computer System (BCS) for artillary fire missions

MLx - Mobile Countermeasures Systems

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AN/MLQ - Mobile Countermeasures Combination Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MLQ-10 Generator Set, 30 kW, 50/60 Hz
AN/MLQ-12 Generator Set, 60 kW, 50/60 Hz
AN/MLQ-15 Generator Set, 15 kW, 400 Hz
AN/MLQ-16 Generator Set, 5 kW, 60 Hz
AN/MLQ-18 Generator Set, 10 kW, 400 Hz
AN/MLQ-24 Ground radio frequency receiver
AN/MLQ-35 Generator Set, 5 kW, 60 Hz
AN/MLQ-36 Generator Set, 5 kW, 60 Hz
AN/MLQ-37 Generator Set, 10 kW, 60 Hz
AN/MLQ-38 Generator Set, 10 kW, 400 Hz
AN/MLQ-39 Generator Set, 15 kW, 400 Hz
AN/MLQ-40 Generator Set, 30 kW, 50/60 Hz
AN/MLQ-41 Generator Set, 60 kW, 50/60 Hz
AN/MLQ-42 Generator Set, 3 kW, 60 Hz
AN/MLQ-43 Generator Set, 3 kW, 60 Hz

MPx - Mobile Radar Systems

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AN/MPN - Mobile Radar Navigational Aid
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MPN-1 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-2 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-3 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-5 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-11 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-14 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-26 Mobile ground control radar
AN/MPN-T1 Shore-based mobile ground control radar variant of AN/SPN-10 automatic landing system Bell Aircraft Corporation[134]
AN/MPQ - Mobile Radar Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MPQ-2
AN/MPQ-4 Counter-mortar (Firefinder) Radar
AN/MPQ-12 Corporal II
AN/MPQ-33
AN/MPQ-34
AN/MPQ-35 High/medium-altitude threat detection radar for MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile system
AN/MPQ-37
AN/MPQ-39
AN/MPQ-46
AN/MPQ-48
AN/MPQ-49 Forward Area Alerting Radar (FAAR) M48 Chaparral, M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS)
AN/MPQ-50
AN/MPQ-51
AN/MPQ-53
AN/MPQ-55
AN/MPQ-57
AN/MPQ-61
AN/MPQ-62
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinal X-band 3D radar, modification of AN/TPQ-36 Raytheon Missiles & Defense
AN/MPQ-65
AN/MPS - Mobile Radar Range and Bearing, Search Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MPS-14 Height finder
AN/MPS-36 Missile tracking radar White Sands Missile Range

MRx - Mobile Radio Systems

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AN/MRN - Mobile Radio Navigational Aids
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MRN-1 Instrument approach localizer, used with RC-103 airborne localizer receiver K-53 van
AN/MRN-2 Radio Range, used with Signal Corps Radio SCR-522 K-53 van
AN/MRN-3 Marker beacon, jeep mounted
AN/MRN-12 Mobile control tower
AN/MRN-20 Mobile control tower, trailer mounted
AN/MRQ - Mobile Radio Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MRQ-7 Doppler radio, used with MGM-5 Corporal II nuclear-armed tactical surface-to-surface missile

MSx - Mobile Special Systems

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AN/MSG - Mobile Special Fire Control Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MSG-4 Mobile air defense system Sperry Corporation
AN/MSG-5 Mobile air defense system Sperry Corporation
AN/MSQ - Mobile Special Combination Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MSQ-1 Close Support Control Set Reeves Instrument Corporation
AN/MSQ-1A Remote mobile air defense system, used for Matador Automatic Radar Control (MARC) Sperry Corporation
AN/MSQ-13 Interim air defense system Sperry Corporation
AN/MSQ-18 Battalion Missile Operations System
AN/MSQ-35 Radar Bomb Scoring (RBS) Central 1st Combat Evaluation Group RBS Express trains Reeves Instrument Corporation
AN/MSQ-39 Radar Bomb Scoring (RBS) Central 1st Combat Evaluation Group RBS Express trains Reeves Instrument Corporation
AN/MSQ-77 Combat Skyspot/Combat Proof, nicknamed Miscue 77, mobile automatic tracking radar/computer system for command guidance of aircraft Reeves Instrument Corporation
AN/MSQ-46 Descendant of AN/MSQ-39
AN/MSQ-104
AN/MSR - Mobile Special Passive Detecting Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MSR-T4 Threat Reaction Analysis Indicator System (TRAINS) radar receiver/data processing system, slave to AN/MST-T1
AN/MST - Mobile Special Transmitter Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/MST-T1 Multiple Threat Emitter Simulator (MUTES), master to AN/MSR-T4 US Dynamics

PAx - Portable Infrared Equipment

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AN/PAQ - Portable Infrared Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PAQ-1 Laser Target Designator (LTD) Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/PAQ-3 Man-portable Modular Universal Laser Equipment (MULE)[135]
AN/PAQ-4 Infrared (IR) Aiming Laser (IAL) Insight Technology[136]
AN/PAS - Portable Infrared Range and Bearing, Search Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PAS-4 Night Vision Weapon Sight primarily used on the M14 rifle[137]
AN/PAS-5 Face mounted Infrared (IR) binocular used with auxiliary infrared radiation source, enabling the user to operate a vehicle during night hours[138]
AN/PAS-6 Metascope night vision goggles[138] VARO
AN/PAS-7 Handheld thermal viewer[139] Night Vision Laboratories
AN/PAS-8 Aiming Light, developmental prototype[140]
AN/PAS-10 Infrared (IR) camera for use in detecting roof moisture[141] Magnavox
AN/PAS-13 Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS)[142]
AN/PAS-17 Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS), to replace the AN/PVS-4[142]
AN/PAS-18 Receiver, Infrared (IR) System night sight[143] FIM-92 Stinger
AN/PAS-19 Handheld thermal imager[144]
AN/PAS-20 Hand Held Thermal Imager (HHTI) Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)[145]
AN/PAS-21 Thermal sight (FLIR SeeSPOT III) used with target laser designator or standalone[146] Teledyne FLIR
AN/PAS-22 Long Range Thermal Imager (LRTI) used in conjunction with target designator Elbit Systems
AN/PAS-23 Mini Thermal Monocular (MTM) with Infrared (IR) laser L3Harris Technologies
AN/PAS-24 ObservIR Recon III Thermal Imager with laser rangefinder Teledyne FLIR
AN/PAS-25 Thermal Laser Spot Imager (TLSI) with "SeeSPOT" capability for aiding with target designation Elbit Systems
AN/PAS-26 Thermal imager with laser rangefinder (FLIR Recon III Lite) Teledyne FLIR
AN/PAS-27 Individual Weapon Night Sight-Thermal (IWNS-T)[147]
AN/PAS-28 Medium Range Thermal Bi-Ocular (MRTB) sight (PhantomIRxr)[147][148] Raytheon[149]
AN/PAS-30 Mini Thermal Imager (MTI) uncooled monocular handheld unit[147] L3Harris Technologies
AN/PAS-31 Integrated Night Observation Device—Long Range Thermal (INOD-LRT) clip-on night vision sniper scope Knight's Armament Company
AN/PAS-35 Family of Weapon Sights-Individual (FWS-I) thermal weapon sight, pairs with ENVG and ENVG-B[150] Leonardo DRS
AN/PAS-36 Family of Weapon Sights-Individual (FWS-I) thermal weapon sight, pairs with ENVG and ENVG-B BAE Systems

PEx - Portable Laser Equipment

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AN/PED - Portable Laser Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PED-1 Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder (LLDR) tripod-mounted laser designator Northrop Grumman
AN/PED-5 Target Reconnaissance Infrared (IR) Geolocating Range Finder—Laser Target Locator Module (TRIGR LTLM) tripod-mounted laser designator BAE Systems
AN/PED-6 Joint Effects Targeting System—Target Location Designation System (JETS TLDS) tripod-mounted laser designator Leonardo DRS
AN/PEQ - Portable Laser Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PEQ-1 Special Operations Forces Laser Acquisition Marker (SOFLAM) tripod-mounted laser designator Northrop Grumman
AN/PEQ-2 Infrared (IR) Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Laser (ITPIAL) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) laser sight Insight Technology
AN/PEQ-3 Combined laser, Infrared (IR) pointer, and illuminator Sikorsky H-60
AN/PEQ-4 Medium Power Laser Illuminator (MPLI) handheld target laser designator[151] Insight Technology
AN/PEQ-5 Carbine Visible Laser (CVL) Insight Technology
AN/PEQ-6 Integrated Laser Light Module (ILLM) for Heckler & Koch Mark 23 pistol United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Insight Technology
AN/PEQ-9 Laser Designator Module (LDM) Northrop Grumman
AN/PEQ-10 Laser Aiming Module (LAM 1000) for pistols L3 Technologies
AN/PEQ-11A Dual Infrared (IR) Aiming Laser (DIAL 100G) crew-served nulti-function aiming laser, often mounted to crew-served weapons United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWAR) BE Meyers
AN/PEQ-13 Common Laser Range Finder System (CLRF) binocular rangefinder[152][153] Elbit Systems
AN/PEQ-14 Integrated Laser White Light Pointer (ILWLP) mounted on pistols Insight Technology
AN/PEQ-15 Advanced Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Light (ATPIAL) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) Laser sight Insight Technology, L3Harris Technologies
AN/PEQ-16 Integrated Pointing Illumination Module (IPIM) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) laser sight and visible flashlight Insight Technology, L3Harris Technologies
AN/PEQ-17 Portable Lightweight Designator/Rangefinder (PLDR) tripod mounted long-range laser designator[154] Elbit Systems
AN/PEQ-18 Infrared (IR) Zoom Laser Illuminator Designator (IZLID 1000P) weapon-mountable Infrared (IR) laser target designator and illuminator BE Meyers
AN/PEQ-19 Joint Terminal Attack Controller Laser Target Designator (JTAC LTD) tripod mounted laser designator Elbit Systems

PPx - Portable Radar Systems

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AN/PPQ - Portable Radar Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PPQ-1 Operational radar, personnel detection man portable radar set used during night patrols[155]
AN/PPS - Portable Radar Passive Detecting Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PPS-4 Silent Sentry portable ground surveillance radar Sperry Gyroscope
AN/PPS-9 Portable ground surveillance radar with battlefield Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) capability RCA Corporation
AN/PPS-10 Portable ground surveillance radar with battlefield Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) capability, also known as GD Model 205 General Dynamics
AN/PPS-14 Listening Post Surveillance Device Aberdeen Proving Ground
AN/PRC - Portable Radio Communications Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PRC-6 Walkie-talkie handheld radio Raytheon
AN/PRC-8 Portable radio transceiver
AN/PRC-9 Portable radio transceiver
AN/PRC-10 Portable Very High Frequency (VHF) radio transceiver
AN/PRC-17
AN/PRC-25 Radio Set for Forward Area, Manpack-Vehicle, FM, 3-5 Mile Range, replaced by AN/PRC-77 Electrospace Corp.
AN/PRC-32 Survival radio operating at 243 MHz
AN/PRC-47 Portable radio, HF 100W AM/CW/USB/RTTY, powered by AC supply, battery or generator, transported in two boxes including all accessories for operation
AN/PRC-49
AN/PRC-63
AN/PRC-65 Portable transceiver, Ultra high frequency (UHF)-band, 1,120 channels, 100-156 mc, 6 lbs Simmonds Precision Products
AN/PRC-66 Portable transceiver, Ultra high frequency (UHF)-band, 3,500 channels, 225-400 mc, 7 lbs Collins Radio
AN/PRC-68[156]
AN/PRC-74 Portable HF radio Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/PRC-77 Portable Very High Frequency (VHF) radio, forward area, 3-5 Mile Range, replaced by Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) family of radios Electrospace Corp.
AN/PRC-90 Survival radio operating on 243 and 282.8 MHz AM, with beacon mode, and a tone generator to allow the sending of Morse Code. Replaced by AN/PRC-149
AN/PRC-103 Survival radio
AN/PRC-104 USMC Manpack Radio Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/PRC-112 Survival radio, operates in Very High Frequency (VHF) and Ultra high frequency (UHF) aircraft bands. Replaced by AN/PRC-149
AN/PRC-113 Portable Very High Frequency (VHF)/Ultra high frequency (UHF) AM combat radio transceiver Magnavox
AN/PRC-117 Falcon® portable, tactical software-defined combat-net radio Harris Corporation (now L3Harris Technologies)
AN/PRC-119 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)
AN/PRC-125 Rescue swimmer radio. Replaced by AN/PRC-149
AN/PRC-127 Portable handheld Bendix-King 2W Very High Frequency (VHF) radio Honeywell
AN/PRC-137[156]
AN/PRC-139[156]
AN/PRC-148 Handheld Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR) and Joint Tactical Radio System Thales Group[156]
AN/PRC-149 Rescue Radio, replaces the PRC-90, PRC-112 and PRC-125 for non-combat use
AN/PRC-150 Falcon® II tactical HF-SSB/VHF-FM manpack radio Harris Corporation (now L3Harris Technologies)
AN/PRC-152 Falcon® III portable, compact, tactical software-defined combat-net radio Harris Corporation (now L3Harris Technologies)
AN/PRC-154 Rifleman Radio is a handheld, intra-squad tactical radio Thales Group, General Dynamics
AN/PRC-155 Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack & Small Form Fit (HMS) General Dynamics
AN/PRC-158 Falcon® IV Multi-channel Manpack (MCMP) radio L3Harris Technologies
AN/PRC-159 Falcon® III wideband team radio L3Harris Technologies[157]
AN/PRC-160 Manpack tactical wideband HF/Very High Frequency (VHF) radio L3Harris Technologies
AN/PRC-161 Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System - Dismounted (BATS-D) Viasat
AN/PRC-162 Two-channel dismounted ground networking radio, with RT-2048(C)/U Collins Radio
AN/PRC-163 Dual-channel tactical handheld radio L3Harris Technologies
AN/PRC-165 Handheld Video Data Link (HH-VDL) L3Harris Technologies
AN/PRC-170 Javelin Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) handheld radio Thales Group
AN/PRC-171 Compact team radio L3Harris Technologies
AN/PRC-6809 Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR) Clear handheld radio, without encryption, variation of AN/PRC-148 Thales Group
AN/PRQ - Portable Radio Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PRQ-7 Combat Survivor/Evader Locator (CSEL) with GPS, Ultra high frequency (UHF) line of sight and UHF satellite communications along with a Sarsat beacon Boeing
AN/PSN - Portable Special Navigational Aids Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PSN-4 LORAN (Long Range Navigation) manpack receiver for Army helicopters avionics Teledyne Technologies
AN/PSN-11 Ruggedized single-frequency Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR, or Plugger)
AN/PSN-13 Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR, or Dagger) Rockwell Collins
AN/PSQ - Portable Special Combination Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PSQ-4 Manpack radio Raytheon
AN/PSQ-5 Signal analyzer system Tektronix
AN/PSQ-8 Radio set to be used with Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) and Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Raytheon
AN/PSQ-9 Portable Team Portable Collection System Multi-Platform Capable (TPCS-MPC) computer system for gathering Communications Intelligence (COMINT) and Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)[158]
AN/PSQ-14 Grenade Launcher Day/Night Sight Mounts (GLDNSM)[159]
AN/PSQ-16 Hand Held Monitor (HHM) radio receiver which connects to a laptop, part of Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System-II (REMBASS) II Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System (BAIS) using acoustic sensors to warn of enemy intrusions[160] L3Harris Technologies[161]
AN/PSQ-17 Communication Planning System (CPS) Laptop computer provides communications and management of Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (MILSTAR) Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite resources[162]
AN/PSQ-18 Grenade Launcher Day/Night Sight Mounts (GLDNSM)[159]
AN/PSQ-19 Target Location, Designation, and Hand-Off System (TLDHS) portable equipment suite allowing operators to determine their location and designate enemy locations[158]
AN/PSQ-20 Passive monocular Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG)
AN/PSQ-21 Day/Night Imager hand-held passive thermal infrared electro-optical sensor used to classify and identify active targets[158]
AN/PSQ-22 Battery powered Hand-Held Programmer-Monitor (HHPM) Very High Frequency (VHF) radio receiver that receives, demodulates, decodes, and displays symbols representative of sensor set message transmissions. Used to program sensor units and collect remote sensor data[158][163]
AN/PSQ-23 Small Tactical Optical Rifle-Mounted (STORM) laser rangefinder, ballistic calculator with visible and Infrared (IR) lasers[164] L3Harris Technologies
AN/PSQ-25 Enhanced Position Location Reporting System Network Manager (EPLRS-ENM) ruggedized laptop for tracking troop movements
AN/PSQ-27 Master station case associated with AN/PSQ-9
AN/PSQ-28 Locate case associated with AN/PSQ-9
AN/PSQ-29 Modular case associated with AN/PSQ-9
AN/PSQ-30 Advanced case associated with AN/PSQ-9
AN/PSQ-36 Binocular Fusion Goggle Enhanced (FGS) night vision detection, observation, and target identification system L3Harris Technologies
AN/PSQ-39 Monocular Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) system
AN/PSQ-40 Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) system
AN/PSQ-42 Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) L3Harris Technologies
AN/PSQ-44 Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) Elbit Systems

PVx - Portable Visual Systems

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AN/PVQ - Portable Visual Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PVQ-2 Sensory Aid Device for visually impared individuals to navigate their environments. Device sent out pulses of light which, when reflected off of objects around the user, would give the user an auditory cue[155]
AN/PVQ-31 Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army[165] Trijicon
AN/PVS - Portable Visual Detecting/Range and Bearing Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PVS-1 Night vision scope[166]
AN/PVS-2 Starlight night vision scope[167]
AN/PVS-3 Night Vision Sight, Miniaturized[168]
AN/PVS-4 Night Vision Sight, Individual Served Weapon
AN/PVS-5 Dual-tube night-vision goggle used for aviation and ground support
AN/PVS-6 Binocular Mini Eyesafe Laser Infrared (IR) Observation Set (MELIOS) laser target designator[169] Litton Industries
AN/PVS-7 Single tube biocular night vision device ITT Inc., Litton Industries
AN/PVS-8 Long Range Night Vision Sight[170]
AN/PVS-9 Night vision sniperscope[171] Simrad Optronics
AN/PVS-10 Sniper Night Sight (SNS) for the M24 sniper rifle with 8.5x magnification Litton Industries
AN/PVS-11 Handheld monocular pocketscope Litton Industries[172]
AN/PVS-12 Night vision weapon sight L3 Technologies[173]
AN/PVS-13 Laser Marker Night Vision Sight (LMNVS) only used with AN/PEQ-1A L3 Technologies
AN/PVS-14 Monocular Night Vision Device (MNVD) ITT Inc., Litton Industries
AN/PVS-16 Maritime multi-sensor gyro-stabilized binoculars[174]
AN/PVS-17 Miniature Night Sight (MNS) night vision weapon sight L3 Technologies
AN/PVS-18 Night Vision Monocular handheld or helmet mounted L3 Technologies[175]
AN/PVS-20 Night vision sight for crew served weapons L3 Technologies[176]
AN/PVS-21 Low Profile NVG Steiner-Optik
AN/PVS-22 Universal Night Sight (UNS) clip-on night vision sight Teledyne FLIR
AN/PVS-23 Ruggedized multi-purpose night vision binoculars derived from the aviation AN/AVS-6 Harris Corporation (now L3Harris Technologies)
AN/PVS-24 Clip-on Night Vision Device-Image Intensified (CNVD-I2)[177] L3Harris Technologies
AN/PVS-25 Wide Field of View Diverging Image Tube Night Vision Goggles (WFoV DIT NVG)[178] L3Harris Technologies
AN/PVS-26 Day optic and in-line forward mounted image intensified (I2) night vision device Knight's Armament Company[179]
AN/PVS-27 Magnum Universal Night Sight (MUNS), also called Scout Sniper Medium Range Night Sight (SSMRNS)[180] Teledyne FLIR
AN/PVS-30 Universal Night Sight Long Range Low Profile (UNS LR LP) clip-on sniper night sight[181] Knight's Armament Company
AN/PVS-31 Binocular Night Vision Device (BNVD) L3Harris Technologies

PYx - Portable Data Processing Equipment

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AN/PYQ - Portable Data Processing Special Equipment
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/PYQ-10 Ruggedized, portable, hand-held Simple Key Loader (SKL) fill device, for securely receiving, storing, and transferring data between compatible cryptographic and communications equipment Sierra Nevada Corporation

SLx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Countermeasures Systems

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AN/SLQ - Water Countermeasures Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed passive torpedo decoy system Sensytech (now called Argon ST (subsidiary of Boeing Defense, Space & Security))[182]
AN/SLQ-26 Electronic Warfare (EW) countermeasures suite Knox-class frigate
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare (EW) countermeasures suite Raytheon
AN/SLQ-49 Rubber Duck Chaff Buoy Decoy System

SPx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Radar Systems

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AN/SPA - Water Radar Auxiliary Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPA-4 Shipboard surface search range-asimuth indicator radar/repeater[183]
AN/SPA-25 Shipboard range-asimuth indicator search radar, transistorized[184]
AN/SPA-34 Shipboard remote indicator radar[185]
AN/SPA-66 Shipboard remote indicator radar replacing the AN/SPA-34[185] Hazeltine Corporation, Dero R&D Corp., Gulf Aerospace
AN/SPA-256 Display used with AN/SPS-55 radar Cardion Electronics
AN/SPG - Water Radar Fire Control Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPG-49 Illumination and tracking fire control radar system RIM-8 Talos
AN/SPG-51 Sea missile fire control radar California-class cruiser, Charles F. Adams-class destroyer, Kidd-class destroyer, Virginia-class cruiser
AN/SPG-53 Naval Gunfire Control Radar Director Belknap-class cruiser, Charles F. Adams-class destroyer, Farragut-class destroyer, Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, Knox-class frigate, Mitscher-class destroyer
AN/SPG-55 Sea missile fire control radar Belknap-class cruiser, Farragut-class destroyer, Leahy-class cruiser and ships USS Bainbridge, USS Long Beach, USS Truxtun
AN/SPG-59 Multifunction radar; canceled 1963 Typhon Combat System
AN/SPG-60 Sea missile fire control radar Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
AN/SPG-62 Fire control radar for Aegis Combat System Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ticonderoga-class cruiser
AN/SPN - Water Radar Navigation Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPN-10 Shipboard automatic landing system Bell Aircraft Corporation under Bureau of Ships (BuShips) contract[186]
AN/SPN-35 Automatic landing system radar
AN/SPN-42 Automatic carrier landing system radar
AN/SPN-43 Air marshalling radar
AN/SPN-44 Air traffic control radar
AN/SPN-46
AN/SPQ - Water Radar Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPQ-5 Beam emitting radar Terrier missiles
AN/SPQ-9 Fire control radar
AN/SPQ-11 Space tracking radar USNS Observation Island Cobra Judy
AN/SPS - Water Radar Search Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPS-6 2D air search radar Bendex Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
AN/SPS-8 2D height finding radar
AN/SPS-10 2D surface search radar
AN/SPS-12 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-17 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-29 2D early warning radar General Electric
AN/SPS-30 3D air search radar
AN/SPS-32 SCANFAR Phased array search radar USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/SPS-33 SCANFAR Phased array search radar USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/SPS-37 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar
AN/SPS-40 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-43 2D air search radar Forrestal Class, Kitty Hawk Class, Early Nimitz Class: USS Nimitz, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Carl Vinson
AN/SPS-48 3D sea air search radar Forrestal Class, Kitty Hawk Class, Nimitz Class
AN/SPS-49 2D Air search radar Kitty Hawk Class, Nimitz Class
AN/SPS-52 3D sea air search radar
AN/SPS-55 Surface search radar Cardion Electronics
AN/SPS-58 Low altitude 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-64 Navigation radar[187]
AN/SPS-67 Surface search radar
AN/SPS-73 Surface search radar
AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe Agile Multi-Beam (AMB) 3D search radar Saab AB
AN/SPW - Water Radar Remote Control Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPW-2 Guidance radar RIM-8 Talos
AN/SPY - Water Radar Surveillance and Control Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SPY-1 Passive Electronically Scanned Array (PESA) 3D radar Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ticonderoga-class cruiser Lockheed Martin
AN/SPY-3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, Zumwalt-class destroyer Raytheon
AN/SPY-6 Missile defense and air surveillance radar Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Constellation-class frigate, Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, America-class amphibious assault ship, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Raytheon
AN/SPY-7 Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) early-warning system Lockheed Martin

SQx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Sonar Systems

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AN/SQQ - Sonar Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SQQ-23 Computer coordinated Sonar[188]
AN/SQQ-32 Mine-hunting Sonar Set (MSS)
AN/SQQ-34 Carrier ASW suite
AN/SQQ-89 Undersea Warfare Combat System Lockheed Martin
AN/SQQ-90 ASW system
AN/SQR - Passive Sonar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SQR-17 Sonobuoy processor part of the LAMPS system Knox-class frigate, Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, Spruance-class destroyer
AN/SQR-18 Tactical towed array sonar system Knox-class frigate
AN/SQR-19 Tactical towed array sonar system, part of the AN/SQQ-89 suite
AN/SQR-20 Active and passive Multi-Function Towed Array (MFTA) sonar system (now TB-37U) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ticonderoga-class cruiser, Zumwalt-class destroyer Lockheed Martin[189]
AN/SQS - Search Sonar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SQS-23 Transducer sonar[190] Gearing-class destroyer
AN/SQS-26 Bow mounted, low frequency, active/passive sonar Belknap-class cruiser, Bronstein-class frigate, Brooke-class frigate, Garcia-class frigate, Knox-class frigate, Truxtun-class destroyer, Virginia-class cruiser EDO Corporation, General Electric
AN/SQS-35 Fish variable depth sonar system Knox-class frigate EDO Corporation
AN/SQS-38 Hull-mounted version of the AN/SQS-35 Hamilton-class cutter
AN/SQS-53 Bow mounted, low frequency, active/passive sonar Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ticonderoga-class cruiser EDO Corporation, General Electric
AN/SQS-56 Hellen Keller hull mounted sonar system Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

SRx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Radio Systems

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AN/SRC - Ship Radio Identification & Recognition Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SRC-9 Radio navigation set Virginia-class cruiser
AN/SRC-31 Virginia-class cruiser

SSx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Special Systems

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AN/SSQ - Ship Special Combination Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SSQ-1 Prototype sonobuoy[111] Magnavox
AN/SSQ-2 First mass-produced sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-15 First production active sonobuoy, range-only (obsolete – replaced in the late 1960s by AN/SSQ-47)[111]
AN/SSQ-20 Americanized version of the British T-1946 directional sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-23 Julie omnidirectional low frequency passive sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-28 Jezebel omnidirectional Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR) passive sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-36 BathyThermal (BT) sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[191]
AN/SSQ-41 Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR) passive sonobuoy, replaced both AN/SSQ-23 and AN/SSQ-28)[111])
AN/SSQ-42 Extended Echo Ranging (EER) directional sonobuoy Hazeltine Corporation[192]
AN/SSQ-46 Extended Echo Ranging (EER) directional sonobuoy General Electric
AN/SSQ-47 Range only active sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-48 Jezebel omnidirectional Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR) passive sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-50 Command Activated Sonobuoy System (CASS), replaced AN/SSQ-47[111]
AN/SSQ-53 Directional Low Frequency Analysis and Recording (DIFAR) passive directional sonobuoy[193] Ultra Electronics[194]
AN/SSQ-57 Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR) passive sonobuoy, merged with DIFAR AN/SSQ-53)[111]
AN/SSQ-62 Directional Command Activated Sonobuoy System (DICASS) active sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[195]
AN/SSQ-75 Expendable Reliable Acoustic Path Sonobuoy (ERAPS) active sonobuoy
AN/SSQ-77 Vertical Line Array Directional (VLAD) frequency analysis and recording sonobuoy[196]
AN/SSQ-86 Data Link Communications (DLC) sonobuoy
AN/SSQ-101 Air Deployable Active Receiver (ADAR) sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-110 Extended Echo Ranging (EER) sonobuoy[111]
AN/SSQ-108 OUTBOARD and OUTBOARD II
AN/SSQ-125 Active sonobuoy
AN/SSQ-536 Bathy Thermograph (BT) sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[191]
AN/SSQ-553 Directional passive sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[194]
AN/SSQ-565 Multistatic low frequency active source sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[197]
AN/SSQ-573 Directional low frequency active receiver sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[194]
AN/SSQ-906 Omnidirectional Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR) sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[194]
AN/SSQ-926 Active transmitter sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[194]
AN/SSQ-955 Directional passive sonobuoy Ultra Electronics[194][197]
AN/SSQ-963 Directional Command Active Multi-Beam Sonobuoy (CAMBS) Ultra Electronics[195]

SYx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Computer Systems

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AN/SYA - Ship Auxiliary Computer Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SYA-1 Tactical display system
AN/SYA-4 Tactical display system
AN/SYS - Ship Search Computer Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/SYS-1 Automatic Detection & Tracking System Hughes Aircraft, Dynell Electronics Corp., Sperry Univac (now Unisys)[198]
AN/SYS-2 Sea mission computer

TAx - Transportable Infrared Systems

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AN/TAS - Transportable Infrared Detection Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TAS-2 Infrared (IR) sight for 106mm recoilless rifle
AN/TAS-4 Thermal imaging night sight Texas Instruments (now Raytheon)

TGx - Transportable Telegraph/Teletype Systems

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AN/TGC - Transportable Telegraph/Teletype Communication Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TGC-14 Lightweight teletypewriter set, developed as a commercial teleprinter (MITE Mod 104) Mitre Corp

TLx - Transportable Countermeasures Systems

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AN/TLQ - Transportable Countermeasures Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TLQ-17 Communications countermeasures system

TMx - Transportable Meteorological Systems

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AN/TMQ - Transportable Meteorological Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TMQ-19 Meteorological radar for use in AN/UMQ-7 system Servo Corporation of America
AN/TMQ-22 Portable weather observing pack, measures ambient pressure, temperature, dew point, surface wind, and precipitation Cambridge Systems, Inc.
AN/TMQ-53 Transportable Meteorological Observing System (TMOS)

TPx - Transportable Radar Systems

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AN/TMN - Transportable Radar Navigational Aid Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TPN-1 Transportable Eureka radar beacon
AN/TPN-22 Transportable All-weather Landing System (ALS) Precision Approach Radar (PAR)[199] ITT-Gilfillan
AN/TPQ - Transportable Radar Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TPQ-2 Transportable close air support radar Reeves Instrument Corporation
AN/TPQ-10 Transportable Course Directing Central bomb system radar General Electric
AN/TPQ-36 Mobile counter-battery radar Northrop Grumman, ThalesRaytheonSystems
AN/TPQ-37 Mobile S-band counter-battery radar system Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/TPQ-43 Radar, part of AN/MPQ-49 Forward Area Alerting Radar (FAAR)
AN/TPQ-46 Lightweight counter-battery radar
AN/TPQ-48 Lightweight counter-battery radar
AN/TPQ-49 Lightweight counter-battery radar
AN/TPQ-53 Mobile Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) counter-battery radar Lockheed Martin
AN/TPS - Transportable Search Radar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TPS-1 Transportable early warning and tactical control radar
AN/TPS-3
AN/TPS-10 X-band height finder radar system
AN/TPS-22 Search and acquisition radar
AN/TPS-32 Lightweight amphibious assault radar
AN/TPS-41 Transportable weather radar
AN/TPS-42 Man-pack transportable UHF 3D air surveillance radar
AN/TPS-43
AN/TPS-44 Air surveillance radar Cardion Electronics
AN/TPS-58 Ground surveillance radar
AN/TPS-59 Transportable air surveillance and theater ballistic missile (TBM) detection radar
AN/TPS-63 Mobile 2D surveillance radar
AN/TPS-68 Tactical weather radar
AN/TPS-70
AN/TPS-71 Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR)
AN/TPS-72
AN/TPS-73 Air traffic control radar
AN/TPS-75 Transportable 3D air search radar
AN/TPS-77 Transportable version of the AN/FPS-117
AN/TPS-80 Mobile Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Northrop Grumman
AN/TPX - Transportable Identification and Recognition Radar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TPX-46 Interrogator Set, ground portion of the DOD A.C. Cossor AIMS Mark XII Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System MIM-23 Hawk, MIM-14 Nike Hercules, and Army Air Defense Control and Coordination Systems Hazeltine Corporation
AN/TPX-50 Receiver, ground portion of the DoD A.C. Cossor AIMS Mark XII Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system MIM-23 Hawk, MIM-14 Nike Hercules, and Army Air Defense Control and Coordination Systems Hazeltine Corporation
AN/TPY - Transportable Surveillance and Control Radar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TPY-2 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile radar Lockheed Martin
AN/TPY-4

TRx - Transportable Radio Systems

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AN/TRC - Transportable Radio Communications Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TRC-80
AN/TRC-97

TSx - Transportable Special Systems

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AN/TSQ - Transportable Special Combination Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TSQ-8 Coordinate Data Set, Command, control and coordination system Project Nike The Martin Company
AN/TSQ-51 Missile Mentor air defense Command, control and coordination system computer Project Nike Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/TSQ-73 Missile Minder Army Tactical Air Control System/Tactical Air Defense System
AN/TSQ-81 Combat Skyspot ground directed bombing unit, transportable version of AN/MSQ-77[200]
AN/TSQ-91 Tactical Air Control System/Tactical Air Defense System
AN/TSQ-96 Bomb directing central
AN/TSQ-158
AN/TSQ-178 Joint STARS ground station
AN/TSQ-179 Joint STARS Common Ground Station (CGS)
AN/TSQ-198 Tactical Terminal Control System (TTCS) mobile air traffic control facility[201]

TVx - Transportable Special Systems

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AN/TVS - Transportable Visual Detection Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TVS-5 Night vision observation scope

TWx - Transportable Armament Systems

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AN/TWQ - Transportable Armament Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Air Defense surface-to-air missile system Boeing

TYx - Transportable Computer Systems

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AN/TYA - Transportable Special Auxiliary Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TYA-5
AN/TYA-6
AN/TYA-7
AN/TYA-9
AN/TYA-12
AN/TYA-20
AN/TYA-23
AN/TYA-25
AN/TYA-26
AN/TYQ - Transportable Special Computer Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/TYQ-1 Tactical Air Command Central (TACC), part of Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS) Philco-Ford
AN/TYQ-2 Tactical Air Operations Central (TAOC), part of Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS) Litton Industries
AN/TYQ-3 Tactical Data Communications Central (TDCC), part of Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS) Collins Radio, Sperry Univac (now Unisys)
AN/TYQ-23 Transportable Automated Air Command and Control System

UQx - Utility Carrier Systems

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AN/UQQ - Utility Sonar Special Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)

URx - Utility Radio Systems

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AN/URC - Utility Radio Communications Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/URC-4 Emergency survival radio
AN/URC-10 Emergency survival radio
AN/URC-11 Emergency survival radio
AN/URC-14 Emergency survival radio
AN/URC-32 Shipboard HF transceiver
AN/URC-64 Emergency survival radio
AN/URC-68 Emergency survival radio
AN/URC-117 Emergency survival radio
AN/URM - Utility Radio Maintenance Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/URM-25 Signal generator, equipment test set
AN/URN - Utility Radio Navigational Aids Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/URN-20 TACAN navigation system Virginia-class cruiser
AN/URN-25 Navigational beacon, communicates coded radio signals with TACAN equipped aircraft to determine identity of vessel, distance and bearing from beacon Gould Corporation - NavCom Systems Division (now NavCom Defense Electronics, Inc)[202]

USx - Utility Special Systems

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AN/USD - Utility Special Surveillance Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/USD-1 Film surveillance drone[203] Radioplane
AN/USD-2 Overseer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance drone Aerojet, Rheem Manufacturing Company
AN/USD-3 Sky Spy Drone surveillance system
AN/USQ - Utility Special Combination Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/USQ-17 Sea-based mainframe computer Naval Tactical Data System
AN/USQ-20 Sea-based mainframe computer Naval Tactical Data System
AN/USQ-144 Automated Digital Network System (ADNS)
AN/USQ-124 Tactical Intelligence (TACINTEL)
AN/USQ-148 SCI Networks
AN/USQ-208 Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES)
AN/USR - Utility Special Passive Detection Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/USR-1 Airborne surveillance receiver Watkins-Johnson

UYx - Utility Computer Systems

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AN/UYA - Utility Computer Auxiliary Assembly Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/UYA-1 Tactical display system
AN/UYA-4 Tactical display system
AN/UYK - Utility Data Processing Computer Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/UYK-1 Submarine-based computer for TRANSIT (NAVSAT) location system, also called TRW-130 Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation (now TRW Inc.)
AN/UYK-3 Sea-based Outstation Processor Unit computer, also called BR-133 Bunker Ramo (subsidiary of Honeywell)
AN/UYK-7 Sea-based mainframe computer Naval Tactical Data System
AN/UYK-8 Sea-based mainframe computer Naval Tactical Data System Sperry Univac (now Unisys)
AN/UYK-19 Naval electronic warfare computer
AN/UYK-20 Sea-based minicomputer Naval Tactical Data System
AN/UYK-43 Sea-based mainframe computer Naval Tactical Data System
AN/UYK-44 Sea-based minicomputer Naval Tactical Data System
AN/UYQ - Utility Special Computer Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/UYQ-21 Tactical display system
AN/UYQ-70 Sea-based workstation
AN/UYS - Utility Computer Detection Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/UYS-1 Acoustic sonobuoy processor
AN/UYS-2 Acoustic sonobuoy processor

VPx - Vehicular Radar Systems

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AN/VPS - Vehicular Range Detecting Radar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/VPS-2 Range-only radar M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS)
AN/VRC - Vehicular Communications Radio Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/VRC-3 Signal Corps Radio SCR-300 with power pack
AN/VRC-5 Signal Corps Radio SCR-508 with separately mounted transmitter and receiver
AN/VRC-12 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system[204][156] Avco (subsidiary of Textron)
AN/VRC-43 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-44 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-45 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-46 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-47 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-48 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-49 VHF-FM synthesized vehicular radio communications system, part of AN/VRC-12 series[204]
AN/VRC-87 VHF Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), 5-watt short range
AN/VRC-88 VHF Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), 50-watt long range
AN/VRC-89 VHF Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), 5-watt short range with man-pack accessories
AN/VRC-90 VHF Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), 50-watt long range
AN/VRC-91 VHF Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), 50-watt long range with man-pack accessories
AN/VRC-92 VHF Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), 50-watt long range

WLx - Water Countermeasures Systems

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AN/WLD - Water Special Surveillance Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System (RMS) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Lockheed Martin
AN/WLQ - Water Special Countermeasures Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/WLQ-4 Sea Nymph submarine Electronic Support Measures (ESM) SIGINT system
AN/WLR - Water Passive Countermeasures Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/WLR-1 Shipboard spectrum scan and analysis receiver for surface ships and submarines
AN/WLR-8 Shipboard spectrum scan and analysis receiver, part of the Ships Advanced Electronic Warfare (SAEW) package for surface ships and submarines

WQx - Water Sonar Systems

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AN/WQX- Water Identification and Recognition Sonar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/WQX-2 Diver detection sonar (DDS)

ZPx - Airborne Vehicle Radar Systems

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AN/ZPY - Airborne Vehicle Surveillance Radar Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ZPY-1 Small Tactical Radar - Lightweight (STARLite) radar Northrop Grumman
AN/ZPY-2 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar RQ-4 Global Hawk Northrop Grumman[205]

ZSx - Airborne Vehicle Special Systems

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AN/ZSQ - Water Special Combination Systems
Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer
AN/ZSQ-2 Electro-optical assault/attack sensor United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) MH-47G Chinook, MH-60M Blackhawk Raytheon[206]

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