PRODUCTION CONTRACT ON OS-5 WITH (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03424A001200120010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 27, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/22 :CIA-RDP78-03424A001200120010-6
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svsJ;ecr: Production Contract on OS-5 with
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D STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 27 July 1960
1. On 25 July (called to report that an the
first forty productscn~im ,,s a 03-5 the current drain wens in excess of that
allowable in the Specificatic~. Origi the ec c ' 2p0 mics~oamps,
this was later c ~ to 350 microamps by the p=,o~e~
Engineer. reported that on]y s tested under 350 microan~s and
seven test aver Most of them reaged, between x+60 sad 580. Re requested
that
he current drain Spec to 500 micmmnps. 7~s was checked out
with at the R+D Lab, who reported that the battery to be used with
this as 800 ndl].im~pere hour capacity which would pro rate to 1,000
hours operation with a cent drain of 800 microamperes. He, therefore,
suggested we could relax the power drain Specificatiau up to 750 microammeres.
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was again contacted and following committment made. 7~e OS-5 produc on is
can draw up to 600 microamperes pravrided an 800 milliampere hour battery is
used and also pmrojded the output power is at least 50 per cent above that
called for in the original Specification.
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/22 :CIA-RDP78-03424A001200120010-6