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Accession Number:

AD1062163

Title:

Detection of Boats by Airborne Passive Infrared Mapping Sets

Author Organization(s):

• NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER WARMINSTER PA

Report Date:

1969-08-26

Abstract:

The AN/AAR-30 and AN/AAR-32 IR detecting sets with their respective accessory rapid-processed film display units, the KD-14 (XA-3) and the AN/ASA-55 (XJ-1), were installed in NP-2E aircraft BuNo 131403 and operated during five day and nighttime exercises over an array of U.S. Coast Guard boats anchored off Cape May, New Jersey, during the period 20 Oct 1967 to 22 Jul 1968 to investigate this means of detecting non-co-operating boats as part of a search and rescue study program. The IR sets detected the boats from aircraft altitudes up to 8000 ft at area coverage rates of 18.3 sq nmi per min.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

38

File Size:

2.10MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• detectors
• detection
• life rafts
• aircrafts
• photographic film
• airspeed
• area coverage
• coast guard
• flight speeds
• infrared detectors
• new jersey
• oceans
• security
• altitude
• cameras
• cloud cover
• contrast
• export controls
• false targets
• flight paths

SubjectCategory:

• Navigation, Detection and Countermeasures

Communities of Interest:

• Air Platforms

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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