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This page lists types of American military electronic instruments along with brief descriptions of them. Electronic items of this sort 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.

A

AN/AAQ-13 – aircraft pod-mounted radar and FLIR system, included in LANTIRN
AN/AAQ-14 – aircraft pod-mounted laser designation and FLIR system, included in LANTIRN
AN/AAQ-19
AN/AAQ-20
AN/AAQ-22 - aircraft SAFIRE FLIR pod, Star
AN/AAQ-24
AN/AAQ-26
AN/AAQ-28
AN/AAQ-33
AN/AAS-35 – aircraft laser designation tracker, PAVE PENNY
AN/AAS-38 – aircraft pod-mounted FLIR and laser designation system, Nite Hawk
AN/AAR-47 - aircraft missile-launch detector
AN/AAR-50 - aircraft TINS navigation pod
AN/ALE-47 - aircraft chaff/flare countermeasures dispenser
AN/ALE-50 – aircraft passive ECM towed decoy
AN/ALE-55 - improved AN/ALE-50, prototypes only
AN/ALQ-70 - aircraft active ECM jamming system
AN/ALQ-73 - aircraft active ECM jamming system
AN/ALQ-94 – aircraft combined pulse mode and CW deception and noise jammer with three subsystems covering low (E/F), mid (G/H) and high (I/J) bands with fore and, in some airframes, aft coverage mounted on F/EF-111A/E/F
AN/ALQ-99 – aircraft active ECM jammer\deceiver
AN/ALQ-101 – aircraft active ECM system
AN/ALQ-117 - aircraft active ECM system (B-52)
AN/ALQ-119 – aircraft active ECM system
AN/ALQ-126 – aircraft active ECM pulsed trackbreaker
AN/ALQ-131 – aircraft active ECM system
AN/ALQ-135 – aircraft active ECM system, F-15 Internal Countermeasures Set
AN/ALQ-137 – aircraft combined pulse mode and CW deception and noise jammer with three subsystems covering low (E/F), mid (G/H) and high (I/J) bands with fore and, in some airframes, aft coverage mounted on F/EF-111A/E/F
AN/ALQ-144 - aircraft infrared jammer
AN/ALQ-147 - aircraft infrared jammer
AN/ALQ-149 – aircraft active ECM anti-communications system mounted on EA-6B
AN/ALQ-155
AN/ALQ-157 - aircraft infrared jammer
AN/ALQ-161A- aircraft active ECM system (B-1B Lancer)
AN/ALQ-162 – aircraft active ECM CW trackbreaker
AN/ALQ-165 – aircraft active ECM system
AN/ALQ-172
AN/ALQ-184 – aircraft active ECM system, upgraded from AN/ALQ-119, mounted on F-4G
AN/ALQ-210
AN/ALQ-214 - aircraft active ECM system, prototypes only
AN/ALQ-217
AN/ALR-45 – aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver
AN/ALR-46 – aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver
AN/ALR-56 – aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver
AN/ALR-64 – aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver, Compass Sail
AN/ALR-66 - aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver
AN/ALR-67 – aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver
AN/ALR-69 – aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver, Compass Sail+Compass Tie
AN/ALR-93 - aircraft radiofrequency warning receiver
AN/ALR-2002
AN/APG-63 – aircraft radar mounted on F-15A/B/C/D
AN/APG-65 – aircraft radar mounted on F/A-18A/B
AN/APG-66 – aircraft radar mounted on F-16
AN/APG-68 – aircraft radar mounted on F-16
AN/APG-69
AN/APG-70 – aircraft radar mounted on F-15E
AN/APG-71 – aircraft radar mounted on F-14D
AN/APG-73 – aircraft radar mounted on F/A-18C/D
AN/APG-76 – aircraft radar mounted on F-4E
AN/APG-77 – aircraft radar mounted on F-22
AN/APG-78 – aircraft radar mounted on AH-64D, for use with AGM-114L Hellfire II missiles
AN/APG-79 – aircraft radar mounted on F/A-18E/F
AN/APG-80 – aircraft radar mounted on F-16E/F
AN/APG-81 – aircraft radar mounted on F-35
AN/APN-237
AN/APQ-13
AN/APQ-116 – aircraft radar mounted on A-7 and C-130
AN/APQ-153
AN/APQ-157
AN/APQ-159
AN/APQ-164 – aircraft radar mounted on B-1B
AN/APQ-172 - aircraft radar terrain-following radar mounted on RF-4C/E
AN/APQ-174 – aircraft radar mounted on MH-47 and MH-60
AN/APQ-180
AN/APQ-181 – aircraft radar mounted on B-2
AN/APR-9 – aircraft radiofrequency receiver
AN/APR-38 – aircraft radiofrequency receiver mounted on F-4G
AN/APR-39 - aircraft radar detector
AN/APR-43 – aircraft radiofrequency receiving CW launch warner, Compass Sail Clockwise
AN/APR-47 – aircraft radiofrequency receiving ESM system mounted on F-4G
AN/APS-2
AN/APY-1 - aircraft AWACS surveillance radar on E-3A
AN/APY-2 - improved AN/APY-1 on E-3B
AN/APY-3 - aircraft J-STARS surveillance radar on E-8
AN/APY-X - improved AN/APY-3 on E-8C
AN/APX-64 - aircraft transponder system
AN/ARC-5 – aircraft radio communication system
AN/ARC-164 - aircraft UHF radio communication system
AN/ARC-190 - aircraft HF radio communication system
AN/ARN-118 - aircraft TACAN radio navigation system
AN/ARN-147 - aircraft radio navigation system
AN/ART-13
AN/ASG-18 – aircraft radar intended to be mounted on XF-108
AN/ASQ-22 - aircraft dipping sonar on SH-60R
AN/ASQ-119 – aircraft astrocompass, Astrotracker
AN/ASQ-153 – aircraft laser designator, Pave Spike
AN/ASQ-213 - aircraft HARM Targeting System pod, for use with AGM-88 anti-radar missiles
AN/ASQ-228 – aircraft pod-mounted laser designation and FLIR system, ATFLIR
AN/ASW-27B - aircraft Two Way Data Link mounted on F-14
AN/AVQ-10
AN/AVQ-23
AN/AVQ-26
AN/AVR-2 - aircraft laser detector
AN/AWG-9
AN/AYK-14 - aircraft mission computer mounted on SH-60R
AN/AYR-1 - aircraft ESM radar on late-modal E-3

B

AN/BPS-15 Surface search radar, for submarines.
AN/BPS-16 Surface search radar, for submarines.

C

AN/CPN radar beacons
AN/CPS-9
AN/CRN radio beacons
AN/CYZ-10

F

AN/FPS-3 search radar
AN/FPS-6 height finder
AN/FPS-7
AN/FPS-16 - ground space tracking radar
AN/FPS-17 detection radar
AN/FPS-20
AN/FPS-23 fluttar radar
AN/FPS-35 - long range search radar
AN/FPS-41
AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack radar
AN/FPS-95 – ground air search radar, Cobra Mist
AN/FPS-107
AN/FPS-108
AN/FPS-115
AN/FPS-117 – ground air search radar
AN/FPS-118 Over-The-Horizon-Backscatter (OTH-B) radar
AN/FPS-120
AN/FPS-123
AN/FPS-124 – ground air search radar
AN/FPS-126 – ground space tracking radar, PAVE PAWS
AN/FPS-129 – ground space tracking radar, HAVE STARE
AN/FSQ-7

M

AN/MLQ-24 – ground radiofrequency receiver
AN/MPN-1 ground control radar
AN/MPN-2 ground control radar
AN/MPN-3 ground control radar
AN/MPN-5 ground control radar
AN/MPN-11 ground control radar
AN/MPN-14 ground control radar
AN/MPN-26 ground control radar
AN/MPQ-4 Counter-mortar (Firefinder) Radar
AN/MPQ-14
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-50
AN/MPQ-51
AN/MPQ-53
AN/MPQ-55
AN/MPQ-57
AN/MPQ-61
AN/MPQ-62
AN/MPQ-64
AN/MPQ-65
AN/MSQ-39
AN/MSQ-46 descendant of AN/MSQ-39
AN/MSQ-104

P

AN/PAQ-1
AN/PEQ-2
AN/PEQ-5
AN/PEQ-6
AN/PPS-5A Ground Surveillance Radar
AN/PPS-15 Ground Surveillance Radar
AN/PRC-77 - Manpack VHF radio transceiver
AN/PRC-117
AN/PRC-119 - SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System)
AN/PRC-148 - Portable handheld radio, JTRS
AN/PRC-150 - Manpack multiband radio
AN/PRC-152 - Portable handheld radio, JTRS
AN/PSN-13
AN/PVS-14
AN/PYQ-10

T

AN/TPQ-10
AN/TPQ-36
AN/TPQ-37
AN/TPQ-43 Seek Score
AN/TPS-25 Ground Surveillance Radar
AN/TPS-43
AN/TPS-58 Ground Surveillance Radar
AN/TPS-59 transportable air search radar
AN/TPS-75 transportable 3-dimensional air search radar
AN/TPS-77 transportable version of the AN/FPS-117 solid state phased array radar
AN/TSQ-81 transportable version of AN/MSQ-77

S

AN/SLQ-25
AN/SLQ-32 - electronic warfare suite
AN/SPG-49 Illumination and tracking radar associated with RIM-8 Talos fire control system.
AN/SPG-51 – sea missile fire control radar mounted on Charles F. Adams class destroyers, Virginia class cruisers, California class cruisers, and Kidd class destroyers.
AN/SPG-53 – sea gun fire control radar mounted on Belknap class cruisers, Mitscher class destroyers, Forrest Sherman class destroyers, Farragut class destroyers, Charles F. Adams class destroyers, Knox class frigates as well as others.
AN/SPG-55 - sea missile fire control radar mounted on Belknap class cruisers, Leahy class cruisers and Farragut class destroyers. It was also used on the nuclear powered single units USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) and USS Truxtun (DLGN-35).
AN/SPG-59 Multifunction radar for Typhon combat system. Canceled 1963.
AN/SPG-60 - sea missile fire control radar mounted on Charles F. Adams class destroyers
AN/SPG-62 - sea fire control radar
AN/SPN-35
AN/SPN-41
AN/SPN-42
AN/SPN-43
AN/SPN-44
AN/SPN-45
AN/SPN-46
AN/SPQ-5 Early beam emitting radar for early model Terrier missiles
AN/SPQ-9 - sea fire control radar
AN/SPQ-10
AN/SPQ-11 – sea space tracking radar, Cobra Judy
AN/SPS-6 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-8 2D height finding radar
AN/SPS-10 2D surface search radar
AN/SPS-12 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-29 - sea radar
AN/SPS-30 3D air search radar
AN/SPS-32 – sea radar mounted on Long Beach-class cruisers and the Enterprise-class aircraft carrier
AN/SPS-33 – sea radar mounted on Long Beach-class cruisers and the Enterprise-class aircraft carrier
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
AN/SPS-48 – sea air search radar
AN/SPS-49 – sea air search radar
AN/SPS-52 – sea radar
AN/SPS-55 – surface search radar
AN/SPS-58 Low altitude 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-64 Navigation radar, USN designation for Canadian LN-66 radar
AN/SPS-67 - surface search radar
AN/SPS-73 Surface search radar
AN/SPW-2 RIM-8 Talos guidance radar
AN/SPY-1 – sea radar mounted on Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
AN/SPY-2
AN/SPY-3 - sea radar to be mounted on the DD(X) and CG(X) classes
AN/SQQ-23 - sea sonar
AN/SQQ-32
AN/SQQ-89
AN/SQS-23 - sea sonar
AN/SQS-26 - sea sonar
AN/SQS-35 - sea sonar
AN/SQS-53 - sea sonar
AN/SYS-1 - sea mission computer
AN/SYS-2 - sea mission computer

T

U

AN/USQ-17 – sea-based computer
AN/USQ-20 – sea-based computer
AN/UYK-8 - sea-based computer
AN/UYS-1 - acoustic sonobouy processor
AN/UYS-2 - acoustic sonobouy processor; possibly improved

V

AN/VPS-2

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 *[[AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar|AN/TPQ-36]]
 *[[AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar|AN/TPQ-37]]

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