The E-2C’s 24-foot revolving radar dish rotates at six rpm and can be retracted two feet to facilitate stowage aboard a carrier. The lift produced by the radar dish when the plane is in flight ...

The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio waves or microwaves that bounce off any object in their path. The object returns a tiny part of the wave's energy to a dish or antenna that is ...

how quickly the radar scans. Traditional radars use a dish that spins and tilts at various angles with each scan. The whole process of gathering data at all levels can take five minutes or longer.