TRIP REPORT(Sanitized) TO SPERRY RAND,(Sanitized)LABORATORIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: November 28, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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2g November 1962
MEMORANDUM! FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT Trip Report - Ito Sperry Rand,
Aerojet Delft, and Aeroflex Laboratories
1. On 1 'sited Sperry Rand Corporation, Great Neck,
New York, wit Washington representative and General Cabell,
Sperry consultan , o exam~.ne laborator~r laser capabilities for application
to future reconnaissance systems. (Attachment #1)
2. Discussions with Robert Jagoe, Akeley Peterson, John Stever,
R. D. Krueger and others reveal that with presently available components
a 500' diameter circle can be illuminated and recorded with a 14 ground
resolution from 80,0001 at 500 mph for a night reconnaissance system.
Hovrever, the pulse repetition rate is six pulses per minute with a pulse
energy of 100 joules. At 731~t per second ground speed, a photograph could
be taken of only 1/15 of the linear area covered. A system of this kind
would weigh approximately 150 pounds. In order to provide continuous
illumination for 'rstriprr photograph of 5001 width a system would weigh
about 350 pounds, and require about eight cubic feet of installation space.
3. LJhile the assumptions made for the purpose of this engineering
analysis may not be applicable to the night reconnaissance problem,the~e
are obvious trade-offs that should be considered, naively:
a. Lo~Jer altitude versus higher ground speed.
b. Rearrange the energy pattern from a 5001 diameter
circle to a rectangle 201 by 9000 to coincide with a suitable
slit width.
c. Lower flash lamp input versus higher repetition rate.
lr.. It appears that a night reconnaissance capability can be developed
with a laser illumination source using presently available techniques and
equipment. Sperry estimates one year for the first flight system.
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5. I visited, on 16 November, Aero~et Delft, Engineers Hill, Plain-
view, Long Island, New York. I discussed high resolution catadioptric
concentric lens Vrlth Dr. Vanderzandt and Ben Duhov. Lens is 48t focal
length, 100 1/mm A~aAR at high contrast. It is 40" long, 18" diameter and
weighs 75 Pounds.
Also discussed and examined their model P~1200A image intensifier
tube. Characteristics of this tube are speed of f/0.$~ 15? field of view
1000 times ~~i.ghtness gain and a shutter speed variable from 1 second to
1/100 second. Suitable for moonlight photography under static conditions.
A two stage image intensifier tube is under development for ASD using
film optics with a gain of 5000 that can use 1/250 second under starlight
conditions on a 4 1/2" x ~. 1/2tt format.
6. Visited Aeroflex Laboratories, Long Island City, New York.
Examined engineering model of an optical stabilizing unit and discussed
vrith Nlr. Revere Sanders possibility of applying principle to long focal
length optics. System is called DORS for Disturbed Optical Ray Stabilizer.
j?Jerneke and Roalef at ASD are aware of this development as are
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~. On the four rfu.ssions that ti~rere completed on ?3 Octo ber, the
tune from touchdown of the aircraft to driveaway of the film was a rinute
ar two over or under one hour.
7. It was ?~~r :impression that ever;T one irnew his job and did it
efficientlST. The only serious shortage involved laclL of transportation.
The around the clock hours that were being put in combined ~,-rith the fact
that SAC had, cor~rt~.andeered r,,1.J. the base taxi service n~~,de it az?rl~aard to ;het
.~ ro~~. the line to the quarters .
~. IZespoolin work foutld necessar;,~ to convert o000 foot rolls of
film to 100 foot ru.ssions were done frith one of. the S~S44 carless, which
involved possible scratching; and static marks.
;~. P-relirninary examination of the results of the two speed shutter
tests on SO-130 and SG.02 film indicate that SO-130 prod~zces a detectable
i~!aprovement in resoluta.on. This is horseback opinion of several }aI ~ s
ziven before definitive exa7~.aination and enlarper~ent. The~T also liked the
hir~,lzer speed (old) shutter.
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