BAIRD ASSOCIATES PROGRAM DESIGNATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62B00844R000200260141-9
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 141
• Publication Date: November 23, 1955
• Content Type: STUDY

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PROGRAM DESIGNATIONS
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tote viewing -- manual control sextant with provis
c on ground glass with high magnification.
Remote viewing _.- maat control sextan
Remote viewing -_. automatic sun sextant with
observation of sun's disc.
Large aperture sextant to see stare
raphic
,e aperture sextant for daytime stars with rotation device
ect longitude determination.
Poses:
Initiate Program I as of now.
Authorize further investigation inc'
seeing stars in daytime.
of study in B above would determine whether future
rk followed tines of II and III or IV and V.
Baird Associates originally had
or Program I plus further Investigations (at rate of
II
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ner.
on spent.
~ded to I December 1955 w
New contract starting I December 1955 be negotiated
total for three months).
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NOTE: If more than one construction program is running
concurrently, the delivery times will have to be
increased somewhat.
PROGRAM I ti- Remote Viewing -- Manual Control Sextant
A. Two-inch aperture with unit magnification -_ two-inch
diameter exit pupil -- twenty-inch eye relief.
Bubble for vertical determination projec
De-rotatiou prisms in system to up-down motion an screen
correspond, to "elevation"; right_-teft motion on screen
zimuth.
Both azimuth and elevation controlled with hand knobs and
with Veeder dials for reading data.
Could incorporate "averages" from Kollsa an sextant if
All equipment located forward of "
windshield.
Small dome protruding in front of windshield would alto
for viewing entire hemisphere except cone toward tail
Weight between 10 to ZO pounds. Power requ ir,
wetted through periscope viewer by use of
Can be used for "fighter celestial" navigation and
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atl.
day.
ke present Air Force equipment and proced
Can be used for alt ordinary celestial techniques at night.
minim of training.
4. Can be operated from sitting position with pressure suit
mask on.
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Simplest and quickest to build -- uses only kae~
and proven techniques.
Cost I. estimated at
er g sunspots in visible light.
DeU ery is estimated at five weeks from date of
initiation.
PR A H - Sun Viewing -- Manual Control ctant
A. -0. This would be a remote viewing-remote control sextant with
features A through 0 of Program I and with addition of the
following:
system would be put in or out of sextant at
to screen in order to determine disc orientation by
Slightly more complex and difficult to build than
Program I.
a. Depends on visible tuna pots for daytime fix
is estima
Delivery Is estimated at six weeks from date of
Initiation.
Disc rotation would be meats
rrecl
albte.
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ry high magnification system would be used which
de for viewing an enlarged age of the sun on a
Ito design and build.
magnification
sgeet to 3
rticat by observing cat
A require special analog -computer or new c
procedures for reducing sta disc data.
1. ?4. Would have se noes and advantages as in I through 4
of Program I with the following:
. Ability to *Main daytime fix using sun-disc
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PROGRAM ' -- Automatic Sextant with
Soots Disc
A. As
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Son's disc rotation obtained by c
picture Is a
c Observation of
Elevation and rotation data fed into analog computer or used
with special computaticnaat technique to obtain fix.
!since equipment is essentlatty automatic, it can be rerno
located.
squire small observing dome which coi
haft.
Might be used at night with stars
1. Wilt give "Solar" fixes during ens
for nighttime capability.
emptexity.
do sextant which searches for and tracks
camera providing high contrast po itiv
isc photographed in Catci
Requires essentially no effort on part
obtaining picture rotat
additions
y. See G above
vs electronic servo systems which will require
tot depend on presence of sunspots. Calcium cloud
used for disc rotation.
;oat complex system -- requires develop;
i "Land" camera to work at high attitud
Cost is estimated at about
,pie.
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to design and build
i estimated at eight weeks from initiation
epends on success of development programs).
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POGR IV -- Daytime Star Sextant
A. -G. This system would contain a manually o
e in A through G of Program L
contain auxilliary high magnification system for viewing
In daytime. (Calculations show this should be feasible
to above 44, 000 feet with about lilx magnification',
.-4. Would be us
through 4 of Program I.
Daytime fixes could be obtained
bright"' stars at low attitudes (0 to I
tars (up to 3rd magnitude) at
a. Construction should be simple and s
Depends an outcome of feasibility tests.
b. Cost is estimat
Delivery is estimated at six weeka
PROGRAM V -- Daytime Star Sextant for Use with
Ign and bull
A. =I. This system would have same features as in A through I of
Program IV with additional:
Device to obtain longitude directly by observing r
Little Dipper about Polaris. Latitude obtained from Polaris.
-5. Same uses as in I through 5 of Program IV.
6. Direct latitude from Polaris.
Direct
from rotation of Lit
Construction slightly more co
Also depends on outcome of few
Cost to estimated at
e. Delivery is estimated at seven
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