DEAR JOHN:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A001800020008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 16, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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$6 FEBRUARY 1160
P . 0. Box `374
dASHINGTON 4. D. C.
ARE BEGINNING OUR PERFORMANCE AND CALIBRATION TESTS. ENCLOSED
HEREWITH iS THE TEST PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ADDt-
T I ONS TO THIS, .,tOULO YOU PLEASE CALL THEM INTO OUR ,:JASH INGTON
OFFICE SO THEY CAN RELEASE IT TO ME BY TELETYPE..
HAVE COMPLETED OUR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION ON TH. GIAUT AND
DEAR JOHN,
UNLESS WE RUN INTO STRANGE AND UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS IN OUR TEST
PROGRAMS WE SHOULD BE FINISHED WIT1 THIS EQUIPMENT BY THE END OF
THIS WEEK. OUR MOVERS HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THCY CAN DELIVER IT
TO YOU SIX DAYS AFTER PICKUP HERE. I QUESTION THIS DUE TO THE
EXTRAORDINARY REQUIREMENTS FOR BRACING AND PACKING AS WELL AS
ADVERSE ;FEATHER CONDITIONS ENROUTE. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VAN
COMPANY IS COMING IN TOMORROW) SO I CAN EXPLAIN IN DETAIL TO HI A
THE BRACING REQUIREMENTS. AT THAT TIME I EXPECT TO GET A FIRM
COMMITMENT FROM HIM AS TO DELIVERY TIME INCLUDING CONSIDERATION
OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THIS DELIVERY
TIME IS AS SOON AS I AM SATISFIED THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A DATE ON
WHICH YOU CAN DEPEND. AM ACUTELY AWARE OF THE INSTALLATION
PROBLEM YOU WILL HAVE.
Declass Review by NIMA / DoD
V ICE-PRES IDEI
ENGINEERING
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MEASURE ACCURACY, REPEATABILITY AND LINEARITY.
ACCURACY TO BE MEASURCD BY REPEATED MEASUREMENT OF OUR
SIMULATED INTERFACE AND COMPARING THE COMPUTED CURVES DERIVED
FROM THESE MEASUREMENTS OR BY SIMPLY PLOTTING THE COORDINATES
OBTAINED ON A MUCH EXPANDED SCALE? SAY 12X.
1.2 REPEATABILITY CAN BE DETERMINED BY LOCKING THE Y AXIS AND
REPEATEDLY MEASURING THE SAME POINT FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.
1.3 LINEARITY IN X AND Y TO BE OBTAINED BY MEASURING LINES ON A
GRID OF KNOWN ACCURACY.
2. MEASURE THE MINIMUM LINE wIDTH IT WILL TRACK.
3. DETERMINE THE MINIMUM DENSITY DIFFERENTIAL IT CAN TRACK.
4. WHAT 15 THE DYNAMIC TRACKING ERROR WHEN TRACKING A STRAIGHT LINE.
5. WHAT IS THE RESOLUTION OF THE OPTICAL SYSTEM L
6. MEASURE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM FILM TRANSPORT RATES.
7. MEASURE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM MEASURING ENGINE TRANSPORT SPEEDS.
8. WHAT ARE THE LIGHT LEVELS AT VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SCREEN WITH NO
FILM IN THE GATE r/ITR 1.0 DENSITY FILTER?
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