Japan-Made RADAR SYSTEMS Installed and Deployed near China's Disputed Area

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Japan has delivered a mobile air surveillance radar system to the Philippines amid rising tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea. Japan and the Philippines aims together to strengthen their surveillance capabilities and work together amid the increasingly severe security environment in the Indo-Pacific region, and it will contribute to enhanced deterrence against aggressive neighbors.
Japan’s TPS-P14ME or a mobile-type long-range air surveillance radar, was brought to Camp Aguinaldo in Manila for a turnover ceremony led by the top Defense Official of the Philippines and Japan.
Japan's State Minister of Defense Oniki Makoto, and Philippine defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro, were among officials who attended the handover ceremony in Manila on Monday. The Philippine government has signed a contract with a major Japanese manufacturer for the delivery of radar units that have been developed for exports based on the system employed by Japan's Self-Defense Forces.
The Philippines’ newest mobile air surveillance radar system made in Japan is an addition to the country’s detection mechanism against naval and aerial threats.
Manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, the TPS-P14ME provides high-resolution surveillance of air and surface targets, and this mobile radar is capable to track and identify potential threats with precision and accuracy from maritime vessels, as well as drones and aircraft, and can be easily deployed and operated in places such as remote islands. It has a range of 250 nautical miles.
Key Feature and Technical Specification. TPS-P14ME is a mobile-type long-range air surveillance radar offering precise detection and tracking of multiple aerial targets. Based on the highly-successful J/TPS-P14 operated by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the system is proven to be reliable in a wide range of operating environments and conditions.
This type of high-tech air surveillance radar features a third dimensional resolution, which provide directions and elevations. It has a rapid deployment capability, a highly reliable, responsive resources, enable to provide dependable support when and where it is needed.
Using GaN technology in the design of the TR module’s power amplifier maximizes the transmit output power while minimizing the physical size.
Due to its flexibility the mobile radar may be deployed in different areas even in the West Philippine Sea. Though it can deploy it in different areas of the country where they can respond to the security requirements when needed.
Aside from the mobile radar, there is also a fixed radar system installed at Wallace Air Station in San Fernando City in the province of La Union, a strategic location in Northern Luzon, near Taiwan.
Manila plans to acquire a total of four radar systems from Japan by 2026. It is also due to receive five maritime surveillance radar systems under Japan's new Official Security Assistance framework to provide defense equipment and other supplies to like-minded countries.
The two radars delivered are among the four units worth 5.5 billion pesos procured by the Department of National Defense as part of the Horizon Two or second phase of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ modernization program.
The Japanese-made mobile radar system, will adds eyes to the air force’s ability to safeguard the country’s skies, amid an increasingly fraught atmosphere in the disputed West Philippine Sea. The radar is a critical component of the Philippine Air Force surveillance and early warning capability. Truly, it will play a significant role in bolstering the Philippine Air Force’s capabilities in maintaining situational awareness to territorial and its exclusive economic zone airspace.


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