MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/FPN-28, AN/FPN-28A
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Bendix Radio Div., Bendix Aviation Corp., Towson, Maryland
The search system is designed to detect aircraft up
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
to a maximum range of 50 miles and furnish precise
information for directing the movement of the aircraft in
Radar Sets AN/FPN-28 and AN/FPN-28A are
azimuth to a predetermined point in space. From this
ground-controlled approach radar systems consisting of
point, the aircraft can be directed along a predetermined
a search and a precision systems.
glide path to a point within 50 feet above an airport
AN/FPN-28: 1