Image:Model XAE IFF.jpg

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The first radio recognition IFF system in the U.S. Model XAE (1937). The airborne equipment, developed at NRL, shown at the top. The shipboard equipment is shown below. When in the vicinity of friendly ships, the aircraft equipment transmitted a series of coded signals. Aboard the ship, the Yagi antenna gun shaped equipment was pointed at the aircraft, to flash.

Source

[1], used on [2].

Date

1937

Author

Naval Research Laboratory, edited by User:Dammit to remove text.

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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


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