INDEX 



absorbers; narrow-band, 566 



acceleration, mechanical design and, 

 707-708 



acceleration density, 696-697 



a-c error signal, 265-266 



accuracy requirements, beamwidth and, 

 90; error measurement and, 80-84; 

 regulatory circuits and, 405-407 



acoustic noise, 704-707; see also noise 



active system, defined, 293; vs. passive, 

 2 



Adler, F. P., 232 



aerial photographs, 10 



aerodynamic heating, 686 



AEW, see airborne early warning 



AF Janus receiver, 742-743 



Aiken, W. R., 658 



Aiken tube, 658-659 



AI, see airborne intercept 



airborne early warning (AEW), 1, 46, 

 50, 53, 725; accuracy of, 80-84; 

 angular resolution in, 168-173; an- 

 tennas for, 527-528; beamwidth in, 

 89-92; detection requirements in, 63- 

 65; information-handling capacity of, 

 84-85; preliminary system design in, 

 67-69; sensitivity of, 76; summary of 

 requirements for, 96-98; system anal- 

 ysis in, 69; system logic and fixed 

 elements in, 70-73; target resolution 

 in, 75-79 



airborne electronic equipment, failure 

 rate in, 720-722; maintenance and 

 repair of, 712-714; reliability of, 715- 

 722; transportation and supply of, 

 714 



airborne ground mapping system, 772- 

 787; see also ground mapping 



airborne intercept (AI) radar, 46, 725; 

 angle stabilization in, 433; conversion 

 problem analysis in, 116-129; sum- 

 mary of arguments for, 136-137; 



airborne intercept (AI) radar {Cont.) 

 vectoring considerations and, 111- 

 116; see also interceptor 



airborne moving target, aural display 

 and, GIG-Gll; see also target 



airborne navigation, 725-802; see also 

 navigation; doppler navigation sys- 

 tem 



airborne radar, 3; beacon system and, 

 11-12; design problem of, 27-30, 766- 

 769; equipment development in, 34- 

 35; human operator's role in, 634-651; 

 mechanical design and packaging of, 

 33-34, 679-723; operating frequencies, 

 27; primary mission of, 224; system 

 approach to, 30-32; technical analysis 

 of, 32-33; weather mapping and, 766- 

 769 {see also weather radar) 



aircraft, radar cross section of, 192-197 



aircraft carrier, 11; attack diagram for, 

 64; task force and defense system, 50- 

 55 



aircraft motion, errors in, 442-444; 

 regulatory circuits and, 433-439 



aircraft radar system, 3; see also airborne 

 radar 



aircraft rate error, 457-458 



aircraft transfer functions, 438 



airframe environment, 35 



airplane drift, ground mapping and, 

 776-777 



air surveillance system, 15 



air-to-air intercept system, 41-43 



air-to-air missile system, 50 



air-to-missile system, 54-55 



air-weather radar systems, 759-772; see 

 also weather radar 



Allen, P. J., 511, 550 n. 



Alluisi, E. A., 649 n. 



altitude, see height-finding 



"altitude hole" problems, 738, 752-754 



altitude line, 523 



805 



