MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 April 1964
ITEM NAME: DISPLAY BOARD PLOTTING GROUP
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/GPA-29
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5840-538-2099
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
LS
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
Provides facilities for receiving information from a
AN/GPA-29 is functionally interchangeable with
radar set PPI scope, filters it and presents the filtered
Display-Plotting Board Group AN/GPA-29A the
data on a surveillance screen for use in a Tactical Air
difference being that the AN/GPA-29A has variable
Control Center.
magnifications and throw distance and uses JAN parts
wherever practical.
AN/GPA-29: 1