MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 April 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/FPS-10
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5840-505-0994
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIF[CATION
Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: General Electric Company
Terminal facilities are also provided for voice, code or
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
teletype, and radio-or wire communications. This radar
set is equipped with moving target indication and many
Radar Set AN/FPS-10 is a fixed-station,
remote operating facilities.
airtransportable, high-power, long-range search and
height-finding radar that is used for aircraft early
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
warning and GCI applications. This radar set has a
maximum range of 265 naut mi and a height-finding
capability of 40,000 ft. Facilities are provided for use of
Radar Set AN/FPS-10 is similar to Radar Set
advance filter techniques that eliminate the time lag
AN/CPS-6B, differing only in the number of indicators
inherent in passing plots through a filter room. The
used in the absence of B-scan indicators,
AN/FPS10 has provisions for optional use of video
mapping, direction finding, and identification equipment.
AN/FPS-10: 1
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