MEETING AT WESTINGHOUSE REGARDING APQ-56 RADAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 127
• Publication Date: May 14, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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14 may 1956
STtHJf cT t Meeting At Westir ouse Regarding APQ-56 Radar
1, Time and Place of Meeting:
The meeting was held on 9 May 1956 in the engineering office
of Westin ,h( use Air Arm, Friendship Airport.
2. Attendance:
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~ Project Staff
3. Discussion:
a. The first item of discussion was the instructions for
delivery of spares. was informed of Project con-
cuurrc-nce with his o itline proposing delivery procedure.
A written concurrence was forwarded t
b. Tlecardinr, the total gnnantit.y of spares feels
that the present spares list, as amended, will be adequate to
support bot}t the AQT,A T rtl?-; and requirements for a period of
one year. As a result, it was a:-reed that two-thirds of the
sparse (groups 1 and 2) should b charged an,-,, dclivt-red to
A(,"'AT1NE and group 3 sho"Tld be charred and delivered to
In addition it was agreed that three AQTTATr-?1E flyaway ki'Ts ou
be made up at_cut of the group 2 spares, and
would make up a nr e FAK out of their group 3 snares. pies ng-
house is to siipply, when able, a recommended list for FAK content.
This will be based on maintenance experie'ce gained during the
Watertown training phase. Additional FAKs Tai '.l be required by
JBI1~CL'ri1E: and the ITSAF projects and sho,Tld be covered in future
procurement contracts.
c. The delivery of item k'l ap.-ear: to be on sche :tile and the
eauipmcnt sh, Id be installed Jr, the Westinghouse rC-3 before
1 June. All bailment ou tacles preventing transfer of P-17
antenna etc., have been removed and the transfer is being made.
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d. rec)~ested a waiver of the final nc:rtion of
the explosion vests. This test is designed to prove the
presence of an explosive rnixi-ire in the explosion ch&mher.
While the "proof" explosion is tyrant to be contained in a
w re cage, recent. tests have res'ilted in overall flame nro-
pa-at:_on ann equipment destr,ction. A waiver of this portion
of the test specification will be sent to L'estinchc-se by the
Contracting Officer.
e. The future procurer:; cr, ; schtw: ile was the final item. di: c .sed.
A' tachments A and N show the schedule requested by the Project,
'?nderlin{:d items are already covered in the existing contract.
Suhscri.pts a, p, u indicated AQ"AT4-~'Z:, and "SAi' equipment
resp, ciively. Ti, f,E:'roc in parenthesis are 'o He mnrf up :'y
AQ''AT( and out of items CT and H. Quest on marks
In the se cols gin: czcate tires for reconsideration of the
dept s?'r i.y 1' vol..
was infer ed that Colonel C`koary, was workin:^ on a
priority request for the !+esti_n7hr?usc Tr X eq>> -nr:tf:nt installation.
cr. the in-fli ~-ht process ire developed for the
APC -~6 by Photo-TTechani_sms and Eastman ap-oars to be prorressinc?;
vr.,?y satisfactorily. As a rer,ilt
(T3') will visit Lockheed li May to nvt-s ira to , ns a1_a , cn on
a r'.tro-fit has: s.
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