MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SURVEILLANCE CENTRAL
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/TPS-31(XN-1)
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number. Raytheon Company, Waltham, Massachusetts
and relay it to a remote location. The information is
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
transmitted to the remote location by a microwave
communication system.
Transmission through the
Radar Surveillance Central AN/TPS-31(XN-1) is a
microwave system does not lower the quality of signals.
detection system made up of a high definition radar, a
radio data link, and a remote indicator. The prime
function of the system is to obtain radar information
AN/TPS-31(XN-1): 1