The OPS-24 is a shipborne

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air search

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adopting

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(AESA) technology. OPS-24 was developed by the Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) of the

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, and manufactured by the

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. It is the first AESA

employed on an operational warship, introduced on the , the first ship of the latter batch of the , launched in 1988. It is also being used on the ''Murasame'' and s.

References

{{Reflist Military radars of Japan Naval radars Mitsubishi_Electric_products,_services_and_standards Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Military equipment introduced in the 1980s