Estabilishing a common RCS range documentation standard basd on a ansicsl Z-540-1994-1 and ISO guide 24-invited paper

摘要

This paper presents a brief overview of ANSI/NCSL standard Z-540~1. Z-540 offers a straightforward way to organize range d ocumentation. We discuss the major points and sections of Z-540, and how to organize a format-universla; "range book". Since Z-540 is the US equivalent of International Standard (ISO) 25, it is especially useful for two reasons; (1) it is applicable to Radar Cross Section (RCS) ranges and (2) its quality control requuirements are consistent with the ISO 9002 series of quality standards. Properly applied, Z-540 may greatly improve the quality and consistency of RCS measurements produced, and reported to range customers.