AVIONICS
X-rays Studied for Secure Stationkeeping
Los Angeles—Feasibility of using X-rays to enable military helicopters to fly safely in close-order formations under adverse weather conditions or at night is attracting growing attention in government and industry. While other techniques, like radar or modified Navy Tacan, may be able to handle the formation flight assignment (AW&ST Mar. 22, 1965, p. 36, p. 45; June 21, 1965, p. 40), even at the uncomfortably short ranges of interest to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, an X-ray system could offer distinct superiority in security, due to its relative insensitivity to deliberate or unintentional jamming.
By Barry Miller10 min