MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/BPS-9
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: F5840-818-1621
F5840-543-1899 W/S
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION Sub Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Western Electric Company, Inc., New York, N. Y.
No Illustration Available.
flying aircraft. Target data is displayed in range and
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
bearing on A-, B-, and PPI-scope presentations, and
provision is also made for IFF operation.
This
Radar Set AN/BPS-9 is designed for installation on
equipment may also be used for radio telegraphic
submarines for obtaining search and torpedo launching
communication as well as for radar operation.
information against surface vessels. The equipment is
also capable of providing warning information on low
AN/BPS-9: 1