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* The first AESA on a missile is the seeker head for the [[AAM-4|AAM-4B]], an [[air-to-air missile]] carried by the Mitsubishi F-2 and Mitsubishi-built [[Mitsubishi F-15J|McDonnell-Douglas F-15J]].<ref name="aviationweek.com"/>

US based manufacturers of the AESA radars used in the F-22 and Super Hornet include Northrop Grumman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=116105|title=Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes F-22 Radar Flight-Test Certification (NYSE:NOC)|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-date=8 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208023846/http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=116105|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Raytheon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raytheon.com/products/aesa/|title=Raytheon|author=Raytheon Corporate Communications|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080707032431/http://www.raytheon.com/products/aesa/|archive-date=2008-07-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> These companies also design, develop and manufacture the transmit/receive modules which comprise the 'building blocks' of an AESA radar. The requisite electronics technology was developed in-house via Department of Defense research programs such as [[Monolithic microwave integrated circuit|MMIC]] Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csmantech.org/Digests/2003/2003PDF/1-2.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926193553/http://www.csmantech.org/Digests/2003/2003PDF/1-2.pdf|url-status=dead|title=A DARPA Perspective on the Future of Electronics<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=26 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/journal/pdf/vol12_no2/12_2devphasedarray.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926193552/http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/journal/pdf/vol12_no2/12_2devphasedarray.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-26 }}</ref> In 2016 the Congress funded a military industry competition to produce new radars for two dozen National Guard fighter aircraft.<ref>Albon, Courtney. “Concerned about Industrial Base: Senate Appropriators Call For Broader F-16 AESA Radar Upgrade.” ''Inside the Air Force'', vol. 26, no. 23, Inside Washington Publishers, 2015, pp. 3–3, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/24803921. JSTOR website] Retrieved 13 March 2022.</ref>

==Basic concept==

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** [[EL/M-2133]] ''WindGuard'' – ''Trophy'' active protection system radar

* [[Hensoldt]]

** [[TRML-4D]]<ref name=trml-4d-product>{{cite web | url=https://www.hensoldt.net/products/radar-iff-and-datalink/trml-4d/ | title=TRML-4D - Multi-Functional Air Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar System &#124; HENSOLDT | access-date=2022-05-17 | archive-date=2024-05-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506170432/https://www.hensoldt.net/products/radar-iff-and-datalink/trml-4d/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=armyrecognition-trml-4d>{{cite web | url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2021_global_security_army_industry/hensoldt_presenting_trml-_4d_multi-function_air_surveillance_and_target_acquisition_radar.html | title=Hensoldt presenting TRML- 4D multi-function air surveillance and target acquisition radar &#124; Defense News May 2021 Global Security army industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army year 2021 &#124; Archive News year | access-date=2022-05-17 | archive-date=2022-05-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526011606/https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2021_global_security_army_industry/hensoldt_presenting_trml-_4d_multi-function_air_surveillance_and_target_acquisition_radar.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=armada-trml-4d>{{cite web | url=https://www.armadainternational.com/2018/06/hensoldt-presents-new-ground-based-air-defence-radar/ | title=HENSOLDT presents new ground-based Air Defence Radar | date=19 June 2018 }}</ref>

** [[TRML#TRS-4D|TRS-4D]]

* [[Larsen & Toubro]]