Tri-Service Combined Altitude Radar Altimeter (CARA): The Army Perspective

Abstract

The CARA is being developed under an Air Force contract as a replacement for thirteen different types of radar altimeters now in the Air Force inventory. These thirteen types of radar altimeters range in age from seven to thirty eight years and in MTBF, from 39 to 570 hours. The Army requirements for CARA are for fixed wing aircraft; the OV-1D Mohawk and the new JVX Joint Services Advancd Vertical Lift Aircraft for which the Army is the executive agency. The OV-1D requirement provides a replacmenet for the AN/APN- 171A(V).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP003586

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  • W. M. Gill

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altimeters
  • Altimetry
  • Altitude
  • High Altitude
  • Night Vision
  • Radar Altimeters
  • Radiation Effects
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Semiconductors
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Standardization
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft

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