MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 May 1965
ITEM NAME: RADAR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/TPS-39(V)2, -39(V)1, -39(V)4A,
-39(V)4BR, -39(V).1C, -39(V)5,
-39(V)5A and -39(V)5B
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: Note 1.
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION Note 2
Mfg(s) Name or (A}de Number: Sylvania Electronic Systems, Mountain View, California
visible and audible display. Target characteristics shall
FUNCTIONAI. DESCHRIPTION
be considered to be anybody nominally 50 pounds or
more, having a specific density equal to that of a human
The AN/TPS-39(V) uses a doppler radar principle, to
being. The system shall provide reliable detection when
detect the approach or movement of a person to or
such targets are introduced into the protected area at a
within an established sensitive area, and transmit this
rate equal to
information to a central monitoring facility for
AN/TPS-39(V)2:
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