Initial Production Test of the AN/ARN-83 Automatic Direction Finding Set.

摘要

The USAAVNTBD conducted the Initial Production Test of the AN/ARN-83 Automatic Direction Finding Set in the vicinity of Fort Rucker, Alabama, from 3 January to 23 February 1966. The ADF's were installed in a UH-1D Helicopter and a U-8D Airplane and were operated in flight for 54 hours during the tests. The general concept of this test was to verify adequacy and quality of the AN/ARN-83 by performing the same operational and flight tests on the AN/ARN-83 as those conducted on the off-the-shelf ADF. Additional tests were conducted to determine whether the deficiencies and shortcomings of the off-the-shelf equipment had been corrected. The installation characteristics were adequate and were the same as those of the previously-tested off-the-shelf equipment. The inflight performance of the AN/ARN-83 was adequate and comparable to that of the previously-tested off-the-shelf equipment.