MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 December 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET GROUP
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE:
*AN/GPA-27, **AN/GPA-27A,
fAN/GPA-57, ffAN/GPA-57A,
ΦAN/GPA-58, ΦΦAN/GPA-58A
*5840-313-7252 ff5840-602-0474
**584O-602-0476 Φ15840-588-9676
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: f5840-602-0473 ΦΦ5840-602-0475
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
*LS
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Bendix Radio Division of Bendix Aviation Corp., Baltimore, Maryland
Illustration Not Available.
3A, and AN/MPS-7 (fixed version) from medium-
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
power to high-power output.
Radar Set Groups AN/GPA-27, AN/GPA-27A,
The new high-power facility, which features dual
AN/GPA-57, AN/GPA-57A, AN/GPA-58, and
channel operation, employs either a single
AN/GPA-58A are conversion kits used to transform
modulator or a dual modulator system. Radar Set
long range search Radar Sets AN/FPS-3, AN/FPS-
AN/FPS-20
employs
AN/GPA-27: 1