SPS-49
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Image:Antenna suite on CG-60 Normandy AEGIS cruiser.jpg|500px|left|thumb|radars on USS Normandy (CG-60)|USS Normandy (CG-60)]]]] The AN-|AN/]]SPS-49 is a very-long-range, two-dimensional air search radar on Ticonderoga-class]] cruisers, but not on Burke-class]] destroyers, which provides earlier warning than the three-dimensional SPY-1|AN/SPY-1 main radar]]. The two radar systems feed into the AEGIS battle management system]] computers. The sensor data can be made available to other platforms via the Cooperative Engagement Capability]] to ships equipped with CEC, and to a wider range of recipients through the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System]] (JTIDS). In the picture, it is the mechanically scanned antenna on the right of the center mast, below the radome]] of the SPS-64|AN-SPS-64 navigational radar]]. It operates in the IEEE frequency bands|IEEE L-band]]/NATO C-band, and is mounted higher than the SPY-1|AN/SPY-1]] to give it a longer horizon. L-band has longer range than that S-band used by the three-dimensional AN/SPY-1. The radar has a peak power of 360 kilowatts, and extensive electronic warfare|electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM)]] capabilities including frequency agility]], variable pulse repetition frequency]] and sidelobe cancellation]]. |