In 2009, the lightweight, highly mobile and affordable AN/TPQ-46B radar was the U.S. Marine Corps' version of the U.S. Army AN/TPQ-36(V) 10 radar. The radar was equipped with a reliable and powerful (V) 10 radar processor built by ThalesRaytheonSystems and was in high-rate production for the U.S. Army at Raytheon's Forest, Miss., production facility.

At the time, almost 50 systems were being used U.S. Marine Corps. In 2009, More than 250 AN/TPQ-36 radars are currently in use by the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and 14 foreign countries worldwide. The AN/TPQ-46B radar accurately, rapidly and automatically locates short- and medium-range enemy mortars, artillery and rocket launchers, and allowing friendly forces to return fire. In 2009, ThalesRaytheonSystems was listed as an international company specializing in air defense systems, command and control systems, 3D air defense radars, battlefield and counter-battery radars. The company employed 1,600 people and is equally owned by Raytheon and Thales.

The SRCTec AN/TPQ-48 is a man-portable, lightweight counter-mortar radar (LCMR) developed to provide continuous 360-degree surveillance and mortar location and thus counter fire targeting. It was developed in 2001 by SRC (Syracuse Research Corporation) for the United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM). Subsequently, it has been deployed in support of the global war on terror (GWOT) protecting forward operating bases where traditional counter-fire radars are unavailable. The U.S. furnished the TPQ-48 to be used by the Ukraine Army against the republics in Eastern Ukraine. The TPQ 48, according to the WSJ, was deployed and was able to identify the source of incoming mortar and Grad rocket firing within an effective range of approximately 4 miles. Thus, the Ukraine Army forces had 20 seconds of an early warning.

The SRCTec AN/TPQ-48 is manufactured in the U.S. by Northrop Grumman, SRCTec* and Syracuse Research Corporation