Title: Technical Report No. 74-69: Artillery-Launched Charge-Coupled Device (Ccd) Tv Reconnaissance System. By Edward Willett, Space and Defense Systems Division Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation; and H.C. Forst, Communications & Electronic Branch Land Warfare Laboratory. June 1974 Final Report.
Description: United States Army Land Warfare Laboratory, 1974. 1974. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in light blue printed wrappers backed with a black vinyl spine. The edges of the covers are faintly foxed. 71 pages, with full-page and textual illustrations and charts throughout. Very good.
First edition.
An unclassified report discussing the "test, evaluation, and analysis of a charged coupled device (CCD) imagery system as might be deployed in artillery launched, parachute dropped, aerial reconnaissance system.." - [Quoted from the project's "Abstract"].
Fairchild Systems was a United States defense contractor. The San Francisco Chronicle described the company as "one of the legendary names of Silicon Valley" and noted that its Bay Area operations were a training ground for the engineers who went on to found Intel and other top semiconductor companies. Very good .
Keywords: SCIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; CAMERA IMAGING; FIRST EDITION; MILITARY; TECHNICAL REPORT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; ARTILLERY-LAUNCHED CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) TV RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM; EDWARD WILLET; SPACE AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS DIVISION; FAIR
- Book number: 36268
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