MEETING AT WESTINGHOUSE REGARDING APQ-56 RADAR

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CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2
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4
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December 22, 2016
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December 7, 2010
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127
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Publication Date: 
May 14, 1956
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MEMO
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2 Copy 2of 3 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: Y Estlns'hc~t.~'e IS ~ 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. STAT STAT STAT STAT STAT STAT STAT ST1STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011AO01000130127-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2 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. STAT STAT STAT STAT STAT STAT 1K:vd (111 May fistribl.itinn: 1 - j,'QT lNdl.. 2 - Chrono 3 - Readlnr Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011AO01000130127-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2 ILLEGIB Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011A001000130127-2 W-0-0 W-00 -V 0 wYV V-0 r IN to Dw1 ant u* a Low alt. wite r I' r -` d Damh att GebUft r I " ? 1t Squipmat r V Ir Z "0 30 D r TAE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-00011AO01000130127-2