MIL-STD-2071, MILITARY STANDARD: TESTING OF CHAFF, RADAR CROSS-SECTION (15-AUG-1977)

MIL-STD-2071, MILITARY STANDARD: TESTING OF CHAFF, RADAR CROSS-SECTION (15-AUG-1977)., 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.