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This article lists American military electronic instruments/systems along with brief descriptions. This list specifically identifies electronic devices which are assigned designations according to the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, beginning with the AN/ prefix.
The factory side entrance of the Linden Avenue plant in Rochester, NY. At the base of the silos are a furnace (used to fire-test safes) and a rock pit (used for drop-testing safes from a height of 30 ft.) Brush & Co. moved into a new plant at 900 Linden Avenue in Rochester in 1968, with over 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m 2). In 1987, it began doing ...
A brass test cup is filled with a test specimen and closed with a lid, through which an ignition source can be introduced periodically. The sample is heated and stirred at specified rates depending on the material that is being tested.
To receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the commanding officer, officer of the deck, officers, and noncommissioned officers of the guard only. [3] To talk to no one except in the line of duty. To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder. To call the officer of the deck in any case not covered by instructions.
A fire test is a means of determining whether fire protection products meet minimum performance criteria as set out in a building code or other applicable legislation. Successful tests in laboratories holding national accreditation for testing and certification result in the issuance of a certification listing .
The Aerostat ship Atlantic Sentry at Mallory dock in Key West in September 1987. The primary mission is to provide low-level radar surveillance along the border between the United States and Mexico, the Straits of Florida and the Caribbean in support of federal agencies involved in the United States' drug interdiction program.
Phalanx automated turret, mounted on USS Denver. A sentry gun is a weapon that automatically aims and fires at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning military sentry guns were the close-in weapon systems point-defense weapons, such as the Phalanx CIWS, used for detecting and destroying short range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft, first used exclusively on naval ...
The completed test sample is inserted into a furnace such that one side is exposed to a fire. The test is terminated when the fire stops successfully meet the test criteria in minimizing the amount of heat and smoke allowed to pass through the assembly, when the fire penetrates the fire stops. This determines the fire stop F-Rating.