FOREWORD 



"Airborne Radar" is the eighth volume in the series Principles of Guided 

 Missile Design. Other titles in the series are Guidance; Aerodynamics, 

 Propulsion, Structures and Design Practice; Operations Research, Armament, 

 Launching; Missile Engineering Handbook; Dictionary of Guided Missiles 

 and Space Flight; Space Flight I — Environment and Celestial Mechanics; 

 Space Flight II — Dynamics; Space Flight III — Operations; Preliminary 

 Systejn Design; and Range Testing. 



The purpose of the series as a whole is to give a basis for instruction 

 to graduate students, professional engineers, and technical officers of the 

 armed services so that they can become well grounded in the technology 

 of guided missiles and space flight. This book concerns itself with one 

 of the most important systems used now in missilery and to be used soon 

 in space flight — airborne radar. As this is written the world is commenc- 

 ing a great search for a defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles; 

 airborne radar will play a key role in this defense. 



In the interests of brevity, this book presumes considerable knowledge 

 on the reader's part — namely, knowledge of the basic principles of elec- 

 tronics and electromagnetic propagation and familiarity with the associ- 

 ated language. It also presumes a knowledge of the weapons systems 

 employing airborne radars. Certain prior issues of the series will be found 

 especially valuable as references; these are the Dictionary oj Guided Missiles 

 and Space Flight; Guidance; and Operations Research, Armament, Launch- 

 ing. 



Criticisms and constructive suggestions are invited. With this aid and 

 by keeping abreast of the state of the art we hope to make timely revisions 

 to this volume. 



Grateful acknowledgment is made to the many authors and publishers 

 who kindly granted permission for the use of their material and to the 

 Department of Defense, whose cooperation made possible a meaningful 

 text without violation of security. 



The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the 

 authors and the editor and are not to be construed as official or reflecting 

 the views of any government agency or department. 



Grayson Merrill 

 Editor 

 Wyandanch, Long Island, New York 

 November J 960 



