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Originally designed for antisubmarine
warfare applications, the Litton APS-504(V)5 represented the next generation in
digital X-band airborne search radar around the World in 1986. We adopted the radar
originally for iceberg detection but quickly discovered the value of such capability
and targeted other users that had a requirement for long range small target detection
capability.
The AN/APS-504(V)5 Radar is an X-Band, Pulse Compression, Frequency
Agile System with digital signal processing and scan conversion, which operates between
8.9 and 9.4 Ghz, and furnishes the operator with radar video up to 200 NMI in range and
360 degrees in azimuth. The APS-504(V)5 Radar also provides an operator with the
capability to detect small targets, to conduct Search and Rescue Patrols, Maritime
surveillance, Ice Patrols, Anti-Submarine Watch, Weather Detection, and Beacon
Interrogation. Athough these radars are in the process of being retired and replaced in
our operation with more modern multimode airborne radar, they are a tribute to Canada's
aerospace capabilities.
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