| GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ITEM DESCRIPTION | THE FUNCTION OF THE FORWARD SECTION ASSY (FSA) IS TO DETECT THE SCENE OF THE TERRAIN IN THE FLIGHT PATH AS AN INFRARED IMAGE & TO TRANSFORM THAT IMAGE INTO A VIDEO IMAGE TO THE PILOT SO HE CAN SEE THE TERRAIN. THE FSA IS MADE UP OF THE OPTICAL & ELECTRONIC EQPT RQRD TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FUNCTION. C/O RISLEY SNAP LOCK ASSY,AFOCAL LENS ASSY,SCANNER ASSY,OPTICAL IMAGER,FOCUSING ASSY,DETECTOR COOLER ASSY,ELECTRICAL EQPT CHASSIS,DUAL 45-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER ECA,90-CHANNEL MUX/DUAL SPECTRUM PROCESSOR ECA,I/P FRAME MEMORY ECA,I/P MEMORY CONTROL ECA,SCAN CONVERTERPROCESSOR V/O ECA,GAIN & MEDIAN PROCSR ECA,O/P MEMORY ECA,O/P SYNC ECA,INTENSITY MAPPER & LINE BUFFER ECA |