MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 April 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/FPS-8
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5840-505-1848
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: General Electric Company, Syracuse, New York
aircraft at ranges up to 40,000 ft, and in any direction in
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
azimuth. The antenna can be scanned back and forth
through any sector at any degree in azimuth. In
Radar Set AN/FPS-8 is an air-transportable, fixed-
addition, Radar Set AN/FPS-8 provides: power and
station, long range radar used as an early warning set
video connections for a video mapping unit; power,
and featuring coherent video cancellation type moving
video, and antenna connections for
target indication. This set is capable of detecting
AN/FPS-8: 1
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