AN/APY-2 radar
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The AN/APY-2 radar is an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) radar system designed to provide long-range surveillance, tracking, and battle management capabilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AN/APY-2 | 1 |
| AN/APY-2 radar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4710131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AN/APY-2 radar Context triple: [Boeing E-767, usesRadarSystem, AN/APY-2 radar]
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A.
AN/TPY-2 radar
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
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B.
AN/MPQ-65 radar
The AN/MPQ-65 radar is an advanced multifunction phased-array radar used in later variants of the Patriot air and missile defense system, providing improved target detection, tracking, and engagement capabilities over its predecessor.
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C.
AN/MPQ-53 radar
The AN/MPQ-53 is a multifunction, phased-array fire control radar used to detect, track, and guide interceptors against aircraft and missile threats in the Patriot air defense system.
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D.
AN/APG-77 AESA radar
The AN/APG-77 is an advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system designed to give the F-22 Raptor superior long-range detection, tracking, and low-probability-of-intercept capabilities.
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E.
Erieye radar
The Erieye radar is a Swedish airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) radar system known for its active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology and long-range surveillance capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AN/APY-2 radar Target entity description: The AN/APY-2 radar is an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) radar system designed to provide long-range surveillance, tracking, and battle management capabilities.
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A.
AN/TPY-2 radar
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
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B.
AN/MPQ-65 radar
The AN/MPQ-65 radar is an advanced multifunction phased-array radar used in later variants of the Patriot air and missile defense system, providing improved target detection, tracking, and engagement capabilities over its predecessor.
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C.
AN/MPQ-53 radar
The AN/MPQ-53 is a multifunction, phased-array fire control radar used to detect, track, and guide interceptors against aircraft and missile threats in the Patriot air defense system.
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D.
AN/APG-77 AESA radar
The AN/APG-77 is an advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system designed to give the F-22 Raptor superior long-range detection, tracking, and low-probability-of-intercept capabilities.
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E.
Erieye radar
The Erieye radar is a Swedish airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) radar system known for its active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology and long-range surveillance capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airborne early warning and control radar
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airborne radar system ⓘ |
| application |
air defense
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airspace control ⓘ battle management ⓘ command and control ⓘ |
| capability |
long-range air target detection
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look-down detection ⓘ maritime surveillance ⓘ over-land detection ⓘ over-water detection ⓘ surface target detection ⓘ target tracking ⓘ track-while-scan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor |
Boeing 707 airframe
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linked to:
Boeing 707
|
| feature |
computer-controlled beam steering
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enhanced maritime mode ⓘ high-altitude coverage ⓘ improved clutter rejection ⓘ low-altitude coverage ⓘ mechanically rotated antenna ⓘ phased-array elements ⓘ pulse-Doppler operation ⓘ |
| frequencyBand | S-band ⓘ |
| improvementOver |
AN/APY-1 low-altitude detection
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AN/APY-1 maritime performance ⓘ |
| introducedOnVariant |
E-3B Sentry
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linked to:
Boeing E-3 Sentry
E-3C Sentry ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing E-3 Sentry
|
| manufacturer |
Northrop Grumman
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation ⓘ |
| operator |
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
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NATO ⓘ Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
E-3 Sentry mission system
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linked to:
E-3 Sentry
|
| predecessor | AN/APY-1 radar ⓘ |
| role |
airborne early warning
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airborne surveillance ⓘ battle management ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airborne command post operations
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control of interceptors ⓘ long-range surveillance ⓘ tracking of multiple targets ⓘ |
| usedOnPlatform |
Boeing E-3 AWACS
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linked to:
Boeing E-3 Sentry
E-3 Sentry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: AN/APY-2 radar Description of subject: The AN/APY-2 radar is an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) radar system designed to provide long-range surveillance, tracking, and battle management capabilities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.