MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: INDICATOR GROUP
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/SPA-38
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Motorola Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois
distance and vertical distance between reference
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
point(s) and a target. It can be gated in range and
bearing by the position data stored by the AN/SPA-
The Indicator Group AN/SPA-38 is designed to give a
26(V).
visual display of the radar echo, thereby enabling range
and height to be determined. It presents a scalar
AN/SPA-38: 1