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V99C AN/SPS-73(V)18: Maintenance Technician

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Overview

The AN/SPS-73(V)18 maintenance technician performs basic operations and planned and corrective organizational level maintenance on the Next Generation Surface Radar in port and underway. The technician uses the radar's interactive Maintenance Built-In Test, functional software, and embedded data maintenance manual to complete maintenance tasks.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Interactive radar built-in test diagnostics
  • Laptop-based maintenance software and manual use
  • Planned and corrective radar maintenance underway

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Planned and corrective radar maintenance using interactive built-in tests and maintenance software transfers directly to software-assisted diagnosis and repair of electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electronics troubleshooting course that uses external test equipment to diagnose faults beyond embedded built-in tests.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V99C

    [1] NEC entry "V99C - AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 15849; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Interactive radar built-in test diagnostics, Laptop-based maintenance software and manual use, Planned and corrective radar maintenance underway, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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