We cover the amazing progress from the $10,000 microwave magee; the early World War (WW) II Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) Radiation Laboratory fire control and precision landing radars (N/SCR-584 and Ground Approach Control [GCA] Mark-I); to the Hawk system; the early air traffic control radars; the first mass produced phased array radar (Precision Approach Radar [PAR] AN/TPS-25); to present day $7 magee; the new ldquoWonder of the Worldrdquo the SBX missile defense 75 ft diameter, 45,056 GaAs Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC) Transmit/Receive (T/R) module X-band active array radar; the single chip < $10 X-band MMIC T/R module; the low cost ($100's) 24 GHz car blind spot phased array radar; the new GaN technology which allows higher power (~x10) and power efficiency; the hand held hot wheels $20 speed radar.