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.

A

AAx - Piloted Aircraft Invisible Light, Heat Radiation Systems

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 Pig, F-14 Tomcat	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 Mohawk
AN/AAM-31	Detecting Set Receiver Test set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-32	Recorder Film Magazine Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-33	Recorder Film Magazine Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-34	Power Supply Control Panel Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-35	Converter Sub-Assembly Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-36	Optical Alignment Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-37	Cryogenic Refrigerator Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-38	Infrared Detection Set Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-39	Electrical Circuit Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAM-40	Refrigerator Test Set; used with AN/AAS-24	OV-1 Mohawk
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 Mohawk
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 II, 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 Stratofortress
AN/AAQ-24	Nemisis Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM)^[9]		Northrop Grumman^[10]
AN/AAQ-25	LANTIRN Targeting Pod	F-14 Tomcat
AN/AAQ-26	Infrared (IR) detection set	AC-130H Spectre/AC-130U Spooky
AN/AAQ-28	LITENING targeting pod	A-10 Thunderbolt II, 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 II, 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 Super Sabre	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 Aardvark, F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet
AN/AAR-40	FLIR System	C-141B Starlifter, P-3C Orion
AN/AAR-41	Infrared Warning Receiver	USN
AN/AAR-42	FLIR System	A-7E Corsair II, A-10 Thunderbolt II
AN/AAR-43	Infrared (IR) warning receiver	A-7E Corsair II
AN/AAR-44	Infrared (IR) warning receiver		Cincinnati Electronics
AN/AAR-45	Thermal Imaging Sight	A-6E Intruder, A-7E Corsair II	Cincinnati Electronics
AN/AAR-46	Passive Missile Detector	CH-46 Sea Knight
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-26 Marauder
AN/AAS-14	Infrared Detecting Set, part of AN/UAS-4	OV-1C Mohawk
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 Canberra
AN/AAS-21	IR Reconnaissance Mapper	RA-5C Vigilante
AN/AAS-24	Real-Time Infrared Terrain Imaging Set	OV-1 Mohawk
AN/AAS-26	FLIR "Tropic Moon 3"	B-57G Canberra
AN/AAS-27	Downward-Looking Infrared Mapping System		Honeywell
AN/AAS-28	Infrared Detection System	A-6 Intruder	Texas Instruments
AN/AAS-29	Night Vision Set	UH-1H	Hughes Aircraft Company
AN/AAS-32	Laser Tracker	AH-1G HueyCobra, OH-58 Kiowa
AN/AAS-33	Detection and Ranging System (DRS), part of the Target Recognition and Attack Multi-sensor (TRAM)	A-6E Intruder, TC-4C Academe	Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon)
AN/AAS-35	Pave Penny Target Identification Set, Laser (TISL)	A-10A Thunderbolt II, F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-7D Corsair II, F-111 Aardvark, OV-10 Bronco	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 Super Hornet
AN/AAS-50	FLIR Pod	F/A-18C/D Hornet

ACx - Piloted Aircraft Signal Carrier, Communications

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 Hawkeye, P-3C Orion	Collins
AN/ACQ-5	Data Transmitter Set	P-3C Orion

ADx - Piloted Aircraft Radioactivity Detection, Identification, and Computation

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

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

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-8B Harrier II, F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet, AH-1 SuperCobra, SH-2 Seasprite, SH-60 Seahawk, UH-1N Twin Huey, CH-53D/E Sea Stallion^[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

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

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

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

AN/ARA - Airborne Radio Auxiliary Assemblies
Designation	Purpose/Description	Location/Used By
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/ARR - Airborne Radio Receiver System
Designation	Purpose/Description	Location/Used By	Manufacturer
AN/ARR-11	Radio communication system

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

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

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

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

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

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

B

BPx - Submarine Radar Systems

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

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

C

CPx - Cryptographic (previously, Transportable Radar) Systems

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

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

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

D

DAx - Pilotless Carrier Infrared

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

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

F

FGx - Fixed Telegraph/Teletype Systems

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

FLx - Fixed Countermeasures Systems

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

AN/FMQ - Fixed Meteorological Special Equipment
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

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

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

AN/FSA - Fixed Special Auxiliary Equipment
Designation	Purpose/Description	Location/Used By
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

G

GKx - Ground Telemetering Systems

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

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	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

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

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

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

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

M

MLx - Mobile Countermeasures Systems

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

AN/MPN - Mobile Radar Navigational Aid
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

AN/MRN - Mobile Radio Navigational Aids
Designation	Purpose/Description	Location/Used By
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

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	Engagement Control Station (ECS)	MIM-104 Patriot

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

P

PAx - Portable Infrared Equipment

AN/PAQ - Portable Infrared Special Equipment
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

AN/PED - Portable Laser Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Equipment
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

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	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	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	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	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

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	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

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

S

SLx - Water (surface ship or buoys) Countermeasures Systems

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

AN/SPA - Water Radar Auxiliary Systems
Designation	Purpose/Description	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
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	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
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

AN/SQQ - Sonar Special Systems
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

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

AN/SSQ - Ship Special Combination Systems
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

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

T

TAx - Transportable Infrared Systems

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

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

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

TMx - Transportable Meteorological Systems

AN/TMQ - Transportable Meteorological Special Systems
Designation	Purpose/Description	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

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	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	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

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

TSx - Transportable Special Systems

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

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

TWx - Transportable Armament Systems

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

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	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

U

UQx - Utility Carrier Systems

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

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

AN/USD - Utility Special Surveillance Systems
Designation	Purpose/Description	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
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

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

V

VPx - Vehicular Radar Systems

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	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

W

WLx - Water Countermeasures Systems

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

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

Z

ZPx - Airborne Vehicle Radar Systems

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

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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