MIL-STD-2071A, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST METHOD STANDARD: TESTING OF CHAFF, RADAR CROSS-SECTION (28-APR-2000)

MIL-STD-2071A, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST METHOD STANDARD: TESTING OF CHAFF, RADAR CROSS-SECTION (28-APR-2000)., The purpose of this standard is to describe and illustrate practices and procedures to be followed when measuring the radar cross-section (RCS) of airborne dispensed chaff countermeasures for acceptance purposes. This standard relates the prescribed requirements to the existing stage of technological achievement, making the most effective use of commercially available, state-of-the-art equipment. This standard establishes the procedures, requirements, and instructions for testing chaff payloads under flight conditions to determine compliance with the associated system performance or detail specification specified in the contract. Chaff is military unique because it is used as an airborne expendable countermeasure to protect military aircraft from radio frequency threats. This standard is intended to provide a uniform test procedure to be followed in making RCS measurements of preproduction, initial production, and production lot chaff samples to ensure satisfactory performance of procured chaff when deployed for self-protection or saturation purposes in any combat or training operation.