Wide Area Illuminator Development for U.S. Coast Guard HH-3F Helicopter.

Abstract

A program to define and design a wide area illuminator to be used on the United States Coast Guard HH-3F search and rescue helicopters is described. An explanation of the Night Vision Laboratory Computer search model and how it was used to select the optimum light source for the application is given. Finally, the completed purchase description and the test plan for use in evaluating the hardware when developed is presented. It is anticipated that the first of the illuminators will be available for testing on aircraft during 1978. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA041425

Entities

People

  • Clifton S. Fox
  • Gertrude H. Kornfeld
  • James E. Perry
  • Thomas Cassidy

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Contractors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Power Supplies
  • Radar
  • Reliability
  • Search And Rescue
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering