MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 June 1964
ITEM NAME: RIGID RADOME
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: *CW-396/GPS, **CW-396A/GPS
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: *5840-565-8900
**5840-556-9640
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
Used by
*Ltd Std
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
**Alt Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Geodesic, Inc.
weather. The CW-396/GPS will withstand winds up to
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
150 miles per hour, and sustain snow or ice loads. The
radome contains no electrical wiring or equipment. No
Rigid Radome CW-396/GPS is composed of rigid
test equipment, electrical or otherwise, is necessary for
galss-reinforced polyester laminate panels, bolted
the maintenance of this structure. Panels prepared for
together to form a protective enclosure for the operating
shipment should be open-crated to protect membrane
antenna of Radar Set AN/FPS-19 during all extremes of
CW-396/GPS: 1
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