Portable automatic eye-safe laser and FLIR test set
Abstract
The military using commands have needed a light-weight, portable, eye safe flight line laser and FLIR tester for many years. The only alternatives have been to remove the equipment from the aircraft (or other vehicles) and testing in a controlled area or fly to a controlled area. Otherwise, the pilot/WSO really doesn't know whether he has a good or bad laser until after engaging the target. Hughes Aircraft Company has developed a unique eye-safe, portable, flight line tester utilizing mostly proprietary components featuring folded type optics. This new device permits automatic end-to-end testing of E/O weapon systems. The design highlights the use of modules which permit reconfiguration of the tester to have multiweapon application. In this paper the basic testing concepts are described, and illustrations are presented to describe the testing procedures.
- Publication:
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AUTOTESTCON 1983; Proceedings of the Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983ieee.proc..254F
- Keywords:
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- Automatic Test Equipment;
- Eye Protection;
- Flir Detectors;
- Industrial Safety;
- Laser Applications;
- Portable Equipment;
- Avionics;
- Electro-Optics;
- Electronic Equipment Tests;
- Military Technology;
- Weapon Systems;
- Weight Reduction;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering