MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR EQUIPMENT
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/APX-1
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Ltd Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Packard-Bell, Hazeltine Electronics Corp., Stewart-Warner Corp.
and airborne radars.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIP-ON
Two supplementary purposes of the equipment are:
The primary purpose of Radar Set AN/APX-6 is to
Two provide two separate channels for the identification
enable the airplane in which it is installed, to identify
of specific friendly airplanes among many friendly
itself automatically as friendly whenever it is properly
planes, and to provide means for transmitting a special
challenged by suitable equipped friendly surface
reply referred to as "emergency".
AN/APX-6: 1