MIL-HDBK- 162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 April 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE:: AN/FPS-16(V)
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Used by
Used by
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Radio Corporation of America (77522)
of acquiring and accurately tracking missiles (with or
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
without beacons), nose cones, boosters, tankage
assemblies, instrument packages, and debris, and of
The Radar Set AN'/FPS-16(V) is designed
providing trajectory data of these objects for real time or
specifically for installation at guided missile test centers
future evaluation of performance. The data obtained
for the purpose of obtaining highly accurate trajectory
from the radar on the
data of missiles during tests. It is capable
AN/FPS 16(V): I