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Aesa Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Aesa, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

Sentinel A4, Air and missile defense radar, Air Defense

Air DefenseSentinel A4Air and missile defense radarSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesLockheed Martin's AN/MPQ-64A4 Sentinel A4 is a U.S. Army trailer-mounted air and missile defense radar. It replaces Sentinel A3 with a digital X-band AESA sensor that detects cruise missiles, UAS, fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, and rocket, artillery, and mortar threats while feeding Army air-defense networks.

AN/TPY-2 radar, Ballistic-missile defense radar, Air Defense

Air DefenseAN/TPY-2 radarBallistic-missile defense radarSide: United States and IsraelBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesRaytheon's AN/TPY-2 is a transportable X-band active electronically scanned array radar for ballistic-missile defense. It can operate as a forward-based early-tracking sensor or in terminal mode with THAAD, feeding missile-defense networks with track and discrimination data; 2026 reporting also showed the radar's value as a high-priority target during regional missile exchanges.

AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band, Carrier-based airborne electronic attack jamming pod system, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareAN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-BandCarrier-based airborne electronic attack jamming pod systemSide: United States-led coalitionUnited States and IsraelBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band is Raytheon's airborne electronic attack pod for U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growlers, replacing part of the ALQ-99 mission set with two-pod ship sets built around active electronically scanned arrays and a digital back end. It reached initial operational capability in December 2024 and has documented combat-linked use from VAQ-133 deployments in the Red Sea Crisis 2023-present and Iran War 2026-present.

Elta ELL-8222 ECM pod, Electronic countermeasures pod, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareElta ELL-8222 ECM podElectronic countermeasures podSide: IsraelBuilt: ELTA Systems Ltd. / IsraelThe Elta ELL-8222 is an Israeli fighter self-protection electronic-countermeasures pod from ELTA Systems. IAI's later Scorpius-SPJ / ELL-8222SB materials describe a podded AESA jammer with simultaneous multi-threat response, while open-source air-campaign reporting documents ELL-8222 carriage on Israeli F-15 Baz configurations during the Israel-Hamas War 2023-present.

KuRFS radar, Counter-UAS and counter-RAM radar, Support Equipment

Support EquipmentKuRFS radarCounter-UAS and counter-RAM radarSide: United States and coalition forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesKuRFS is RTX's Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor, a 360-degree AESA radar first developed with the U.S. Army for rocket, artillery, and mortar warning in Iraq and Afghanistan and later adapted into the Army's LIDS counter-UAS architecture with Coyote effectors.