MIL-STD-2071 Testing Of Chaff Radar Cross-SectionThis 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.

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MIL-STD-2071A(AS)

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FOREWORD.................................................................................. ii

1. SCOPE 1

1.1	Scope...........................................................................................	1
2.	APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS .......................................................	1
2.1	General ........................................................................................	1
2.2	Government documents................................................................	1
2.2.1	Government publication ...............................................................	1
2.3	Order of precedence.....................................................................	1
3	DEFINITIONS ...............................................................................	1
3.1	Acronyms used in this standard. ...................................................	1
3.2	Antenna beamwidth......................................................................	2
3.3	Antenna polarization ....................................................................	3
3.4	Aspect angle ................................................................................	3
3.5	Associated specification ...............................................................	3
3.6	Chaff rocket.................................................................................	3
3.7	Continuous chaff..........................................................................	3
3.8	Discrete chaff unit. .......................................................................	3
3.9	On-site data processor..................................................................	3
3.10	Processing - average pulse-to-pulse radar cross-section ................	3
3.11	Processing - K ...........................................................................	3
3.12	Processing - first level statistics ....................................................	4
3.13	Processing - percentile value ........................................................	4
3.14	Processing - second level statistics................................................	4
3.15	Processing - shadow graphs..........................................................	4
3.16	Processing - spectral data .............................................................	4
3.17	Radar cross-section ......................................................................	4
3.18	RCS frequency spectrum..............................................................	4
3.19	Radar pulse repetition frequency - Also pulse repetition period,.. pulse repetition interval, and pulse repetition rate .........................	5
3.20	Radar pulsewidth (pulse duration) ................................................	5
3.21	Radar range gate ..........................................................................	5
3.22	Radar resolution-cell (radar cell). .................................................	5
3.23	Real time processor......................................................................	5
3.24	Shielding......................................................................................	5
3.25	Spectral frequency........................................................................	5
3.26	Tactical air navigation ..................................................................	5

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