MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/BPS-9B
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Sub Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Western Electric Company, New York, N. Y.
and missile fire-control radar which also provides early
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
warning of low flying aircraft. The range unit gear
assembly and bearing gear assembly may utilize either
The AN/BPS-9B is designed for special use in
seaborne installations aboard submarines. It is a search
AN/BPS-9B: 1