Patriot Stockpile Reliability Limited Life Components Test and Evaluation:Storage/Aging Test Plan for the Traveling Wave Tube (9P/N 11448369). Revision B

摘要

The purpose of this storage/aging program is to determine the nonoperatingstorage life expectancy of the TWT (Traveling Wave Tube) when assembled into a fielded Guided Missile. The TWT power amplifier (APN 11448369, Raytheon and Litton designations QKW-1994 and L5718 respectively) is an integral part of the Patriot Missile transmitter (APN 11459538) which is located within the Terminal Guidance Section (TGS) of the missile. It is used to amplify the pulse tract-via-missile (TVM) signal and to provide for transmission of missile status parameters during missile flight.