CS/MPQ-90 Bee Eye

Development scandal

In 2011 NCSIST awarded MiTAC electronics a NT$70 million (US$2.22 million) contract to build a prototype radar vehicle. In 2015 police in Taoyuan detained three workers and one manager from MiTAC on charges of forgery and fabrication of test results. The delivered vehicle could only advance at 6 km/h up a 40-degree incline, not the required 8 km/h. Three NCSIST staff were also detained on suspicion of colluding to fabricate results.

Variants

A naval version called the Sea Bee Eye was tested aboard ROCN Hwai Yang (FFG-937). It is to serve as the air search and target indication radar for the TC-2N surface-to-air missile system on Kang Ding-class frigates, Ta Chiang (PGG-619), and as part of the combat management system on Yushan-class landing platform docks. Initiated as a procurement project in 2021 under the name New Target Acquisition Radar System, it had a budget of NT$3,247,498,000 for 11 systems and 65 radar information display units, delivered to the Army from 2022 to 2026.

The Eagle Eye Radar was developed by modifying and enhancing the Bee Eye Radar, with an approximate detection range of 60 kilometers. It employs T/R units based on specifications similar to ASEA radar systems, integrates radar and command-and-control vehicles into one platform, has a maximum road speed of 90 km/h, a cruising range of about 400 kilometers, and requires only three personnel to operate.

Did You Know?

• The CS/MPQ-90 has been integrated with Taiwan's AN/TWQ-1 Avenger missile batteries.
• Operational land-based systems were first seen in public in 2010.
• Six systems were ordered in 2019 to equip TC-2 missile batteries.