MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/APS-42
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Ltd Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Houston Mfg. Company
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Radar Set AN/APS-42 is an airborne search-radar
landmarks, shorelines, islands, ships, other aircraft, and
equipment designed for use as a navigational aid as
cloud formations.
Coded radar range-beacon
well as an anti collision warning device. The AN/APS-
indications can also be received and are presented in
42 provides a visual indication of the position of cities,
the conventional spaced code groups.
AN/APS-42: 1
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