The JY-8 is a mobile 3D air surveillance,
target acquisition
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A "target" here is an e ...
and interception control
radar
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system operating in the
C-band. It can be employed as the main radar sensor for an automated tactical defence system, or can be used as an independent radar. The system uses advanced
signal/data processor techniques and is fully
solid state
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Solid state may also refer to:
Electronics
* Solid-state electronics, circuits built of solid materials
* Solid state ionics, study of ionic conductors and their u ...
with the exception of the
magnetrons and
thyratron
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s of the
transmitters. The general designer of JY-9 is the head of 38th Research Institute, academician of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Repub ...
Mr. Wu Manqing (吴曼青, Aug 1965 -), who is also the general designer of
JY-9 and the general designer of the radar systems for
KJ-2000
The KJ-2000 (), NATO reporting name: Mainring is a Chinese Airborne early warning and control system comprising domestically designed electronics and radars installed on a modified Ilyushin Il-76 airframe.
Development
The KJ-2000 developme ...
and
KJ-200
The KJ-200 (Chinese: 空警-200; pinyin: Kōngjǐng Liǎngbǎi; literally: "Airwarn-200") NATO reporting name: Moth or Y-8 Balance Beam system, is an Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program dev