MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 15 May 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/APN-131
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
S td
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Laboratory for Electronics
present position, ground speed, drift angle course and
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
the distance to a destination, and other outputs.
The AN/APN-131 is an airborne navigational radar
which utilizes the doppler effect to obtain the velocity
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
components of the aircraft.
The velocities are
processed in a computer to provide the aircraft's
Similar to the AN/APN-105.
AN/APN-131: 1