AN/SPG-59

AN/SPG-59

Country of origin	United States
Introduced	Canceled 1963
No. built	1
Type	3D Air-search and tracking
Range	110 nmi Maximum
Azimuth	0 to 360°

The AN/SPG-59 was an advanced PESA phased array radar developed by the U.S. Navy starting in 1958. It was one of the earliest phased array radars. AN/SPG-59 was intended to offer search, track and guidance from a single radar system and antenna as part of the Typhon combat system. Paired with the new Typhon missile, the system was to provide wide-area air defense out to about 110 nautical miles (200 km) from suitable anti-aircraft cruisers. Both the radar and missile proved to be well beyond the state of the art of the era, and the project was eventually canceled in December 1963.^[1]