CS/MPQ-90 Bee Eye#Naval
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| manufacturer = National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
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The CS/MPQ-90 Bee Eye is a Taiwanese Passive electronically scanned array (PESA) type radar developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST).
Description
The CS/MPQ-90 is a short-medium range 3D air defense PESA radar designed and produced by the NCSIST.{{cite web |title=Mobile Air-defense Phased Array Radar NCSIST |url=http://www.ncsist.org.tw/eng/csistdup/products/product.aspx?product_Id=101&catalog=31 |website=www.ncsist.org.tw |publisher=NCSIST |accessdate=1 August 2019}}
Development scandal
In 2011 NCSIST awarded the MiTAC electronics company a NT$70 million (US$2.22 million) contract to build one prototype “Radar Vehicle for Field Operation and Air Defense.” In 2015 police in Taoyuan took into custody three workers and one manager from MiTAC on charges of forgery of data and fabrication of test results. The tender required the vehicle to be able to advance at 8 km/h up a 40 degree incline, the vehicle MiTAC delivered could only advance at 6 km/h. Three NCSIST staff were also detained on suspicion of colluding with the MiTAC employees to fabricate test results, these staff then presented the fabricated results to their superiors for approval. The Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office began investigating after receiving a tip.{{cite web |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=Four detained in military radar scandal |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/03/06/2003612896 |website=Taipei Times |date=6 March 2015 |accessdate=8 August 2019}}
Variants
=Naval=
A naval version known as the “Sea Bee Eye” was installed aboard ROCN Hwai Yang (FFG-937) for testing.{{cite web |last1=Cheng |first1=Jiawen |title=Chinese Academy of Sciences participates in overseas defense exhibition to reveal the range of Lu Shejian II missiles |url=https://udn.com/news/story/10930/3679214 |website=udn.com |publisher=United Daily News |accessdate=19 January 2020}}
The naval version is to be deployed as the air search and target indication radar component of the TC-2N surface-to-air missile system, as part of a self-contained fire control system aboard Taiwan’s Kang Ding (La Fayette) class frigates/Ta Chiang(PGG-619) and as part of the central combat management system aboard the Yushan-class landing platform dock.{{cite web |last1=Yeo |first1=Mike |title=Taiwan's Navy seeks first indigenous landing platform dock |url=https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/04/19/taiwan-s-navy-seeks-first-indigenous-landing-platform-dock/ |website=www.defensenews.com |date=19 April 2017 |publisher=Defense News |accessdate=1 August 2019}}
=Land based=
The CS/MPQ-90 has been integrated with Taiwan’s AN/TWQ-1 Avenger missile batteries.{{cite web |title=台军列装新型防空雷达 无法根治防空孱弱问题 |url=http://www.guancha.cn/military-affairs/2018_07_09_463300.shtml |website=www.guancha.cn |publisher=Gunacha |accessdate=1 August 2019}}
Operational land-based systems were first seen in public in 2010.{{cite web |title=CS/MPQ-90機動點防禦相位陣列雷達曝光 |url=https://freshnews.nidbox.com/diary/read/7924065 |website=freshnews.nidbox.com |publisher=Fresh News |accessdate=1 August 2019}}
Six systems were ordered in 2019 to equip TC-2 missile batteries.{{cite web |last1=Zhezheng |first1=Hong |title=Army purchases Chinese Academy of Sciences Sword II land-fired air defense missile vehicle |url=https://udn.com/news/story/10930/4213147?from=udn-referralnews_ch2artbottom |website=udn.com |accessdate=19 January 2020}}
Gallery
File:陸射型天劍二型飛彈.jpg|Land based Surface-to-Air TC-2 model and CS/MPQ-90 Bee Eye radar
File:ROCA Point Defense Array Radar System Truck Display at Chengkungling Ground 20150606c.jpg|A truck-mounted CS/MPQ-90, 2015
File:ROCA Point Defense Array Radar System Truck Display at Chengkungling Ground 20150606b.jpg|CS/MPQ-90 at Chengkungling Ground, 2015
File:03.26 總統主持「海軍高效能艦艇安江及萬江軍艦交艦典禮」 - 53612231049.jpg|Sea Bee Eye aboard Tuo Chiang-class corvettes
File:沱江級艦運動性能展示.jpg|Sea Bee Eye aboard Ta Chiang (PGG-619)
File:07.13 總統勗勉海軍131艦隊-53852260622.jpg|Sea Bee Eye aboard Hsu Chiang (PGG-621)
See also
References
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Category:Military radars of Taiwan
Category:Military equipment introduced in the 2010s
Category:National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology