MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: INTERROGATOR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/GPX-29(XN-1)
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number. Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif.
No Illustration Available.
them to the associated radar indicator in the form of
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
video pulses.
The narrow beam interrogation of
Interrogator Set AN/GPX-29(XN-1) is synchronized with
The AN/GPX-29(XN-1) is used for identification
the radar beam in azimuth and time, permitting the reply
of friendly targets of Radar Set AN/MPN5, -5A, by
pulses to be displayed on the associated indicator
transmitting coded R-F pulses for triggering
transponders carried by friendly aircraft to be identified.
The set receives the transponded replies and furnishes
AN/GPX-29(XN-1): 1