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Charts were found in Carrier Task Force Anti-Air Warfare in the 1970 Era which is quite interesting reading.

Since it says time lines correspond to end points in trajectories and that maximum ranges are not implied, does that mean that the LR Typhon isn't capable of operating at 180,000 feet or that it is, but isn't necessarily capable of enough control for interception at that altitude, or something else entirely?
 

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3T and Sparrow

Also found in the document:
Advanced Terrier performance envelope. I believe this is RIM-2F.
Terrier HT-3 performance envelope and time of flight curves for HT-3 and BT-3.
Advanced Terrier time of flight curves and improved Tartar performance envelope.
Improved Tartar time of flight curves and Talos performance envelope (which looks to also include Super Talos).
And lastly, how to calculate the launch envelope for Sparrow III.
 

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Greetings All -

Attached is an image and short blurb I came across in an engineering orientation manual for McDonnell Aircraft dated 1963. I had not heard of this missile before and see that there is a short mention of it in another thread on Royal Navy shipborne SAMs. I had been looking for it using McDonnell as the primary contractor but did see this after I put Bendix as the lead - http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-50.html Based on that info, the program was canceled at the end of 1963 not too long after this manual was published.

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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There are a couple of threads about Typhon already on this site:

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,690.0.html

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3275.0.html

Included below is an essay I wrote about a decade ago that I think encapsulates the main elements of the system, why it was developed, and why it didn't work as planned. It's a bit dated and could use some additional research (it doesn't deal as much with the missile as with the radar and associated combat system), but I hope it's a good overview. (If you've seen it before on Usenet, I've fixed a couple of typos and infelicitous phrases, but it's otherwise the same.)

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The Typhon Weapon System

By the late 1950s, it was becoming apparent that the Navy's first generation of surface-to-air missiles (the So called 3-T family, Talos, Terrier, and Tartar) were not going to be well suited to a range of new threats anticipated to enter service by the late 1960s or early 1970s. These threats included submarine-launched anti-ship missiles and large air raids with standoff missile shooters and jammers. A new system was needed. It would have to engage bombers and jammers at long range, which implied a large missile, but also handle pop-up threats at short range, which implied little reaction time and the ability to engage many targets at once.

To meet the requirement that the new system be able to handle large numbers of targets, it was clear that the traditional rotating radars would have to
go, as would the practice of using one designator for each track the system engaged. Therefore, any new system would have to adopt some form of
electronic scanning. The search radar would probably also have to perform fire control duties.

The Radar:

The core of the Typhon system was its novel SPS-59 radar. Unlike previous radars, it had no rotating antennas. Rather it used a large fixed spherical
emitter array and thee smaller receive arrays spaced around the base of the transmitting antenna. It operated in C-band, a compromise between
long-range search and fire control requirements, but really not optimal for either role. The frequency selection made a planar array (a la AEGIS)
impractical, because the existing C-band phase shifters of the era were large and inefficient in transmitting energy.

Instead, the transmitting system was based around a Luneberg lens beamformer, which allowed the system to switch beams very quickly without a
mechanical training antenna. A Luneberg Lens has the characteristic of transforming a signal point signal injected into it one side into a flat
wavefront on the other. To transmit a beam in a specific direction, the system would activate a single emitter directed into the lens, which would
send a signal through the lens to a number of receiver horns on the other side. These signals would then be switched through a bank of amplifiers and
then switched again to send them to the appropriate traveling wave tube emitters in the antenna. Each of these elements had to be carefully
connected; there could be no more than 5mm difference in the lengths of the various signal paths or the signals would be unacceptably distorted at the
antenna. (Receive characteristics are not so widely quoted, but the principal was the same.)

Two version of the radar were planned, one for destroyers and one for cruisers. The destroyer version was to have 3,600 elements in the
beamformer, 900 amplifiers, and 3,400 elements in the antenna. The cruiser version was to have 10,800 elements in the beamformer, 2,700 amplifiers, and 10,200 elements in the antenna.

In the event, the initial tests of a much-simplified version aboard Norton Sound showed the system was not going to work. Reliability and signal processing software were both problematic, but the major problem was that the system was losing far too much of the signal strength in the processing process. Consequently, in some tests, maximum range was less than the selected frequency's minimum range to resolve targets.

The Missiles:

There were two missiles associated with Typhon. They had some common guidance elements but were largely unrelated.

Typhon (Medium Range) was initially called Super Tartar and was based closely on the improved Tartar then under development but with guidance
adapted to Typhon. It was meant mainly to deal with short-range pop-up threats and leakers that got past the outer layer. Like Tartar, Typhon MR was
13.5 inches in diameter and about 15 feet long. It was to have a maximum range of 40nm and a max altitude of 80,000 feet (minimum 1.5nm and 50 feet), with a reaction time of 10 seconds or less. MR was to be compatible with the fast-firing Mk13 launcher.

Typhon (Long Range) was an entirely new missile meant to break up raids at long range and engage standoff missile shooters and jammers. Initially
called Super Talos, it was nevertheless a roughly Terrier-sized two-stage missile. The booster was a conventional solid rocket motor; the upper stage
was ramjet powered, 16 inches in diameter and about 15 feet long. Typhon LR went through a couple of configurations, starting with a tapered delta wing and a center inlet and ending with narrow-span wings with ramjet inlets at the wing roots. * It had a max range of 200nm and a max altitude of 100,000 feet (minimum 3nm and 50 ft), at a speed of about Mach 4. Typhon LR was supposed to be compatible with the Terrier's Mk10 launcher with minimal modifications.

Both missiles shared a common warhead design, which was to have interchangeable conventional and nuclear versions.

Guidance was also the same for both systems. For most of the flight, the SPG-59 radar tracked the missile and sent steering commands to get the
missile into position for terminal homing. Terminal homing was by track-via-missile; the missile seeker receiving reflected energy from the SPG-59 and downlinking the resulting signal back to the ship, which processed it and sent back steering commands. (Because it was also a search radar, SPG-59 used pulsed signals, which could not be processed effectively in a small missile with the technology of the day). This worked, but imposed rather significant demands on the radar, which was asked to also serve as a data link. The system could control 20 missiles in flight, but no more than 10 in terminal homing.

Conclusion:

Typhon was a noble effort, but the technical approach taken had too many inherent problems, from the compromised frequency selection to the
mechanical complexity of the construction.

Given the precision require and the sheer number of elements involved, one can immediately see that building the radar was challenging to put it
kindly. Most likely, it would never have been affordable, even if the signal processing and loss problems were overcome.

Some elements of the design did contribute to the development of AEGIS (most notably the general idea of electronically scanned radar and the decision to provide terminal guidance only in the late stage of the missile's flight.).

But in large, AEGIS built on Typhon's lessons of how not to do things. Thus, the decision to adopt planar phased arrays, continuous-wave terminal
illumination, and S-band radars were all based on the realization that Typhon's approach to the same issues was unsuccessful.

Sources:

CAPT Bryce D. Inman, USN, "From Typhon to AEGIS - The Issues and Their Resolution," _Naval Engineer's Journal_, May 1988

Milton Gussow, "Typhon: A Weapon System Ahead of its Time," _Naval Engineer's Journal_, July 1997

Norman Friedman, _U.S. Naval Weapons_, Naval Institute Press, 1983
 
Typhon SAM-very little information to be located....must something very unique for this missile to remain so blurry after all these years??
 
airrocket said:
Difficult to discern by grainy photo's and the rendering if the missile had two, three or four wings with tiperons?

Four wings. Can't really tell what the control surfaces look like. Sorta looks like the tips pivot similar to the Zeus A.
 
Greetings All -

I had the opportunity to visit a friend who has a large collection of aviation photos and documents and spend a few days scanning away. I came across the only photo of the Typhon I have ever seen so here it is...

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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Mark Nankivil said:
Greetings All -

I had the opportunity to visit a friend who has a large collection of aviation photos and documents and spend a few days scanning away.


Wow. Can't wait to see the treasures you will come up with... Thanks a lot for your efforts!
 
According to Wikipedia, this is an image of a 1962 RIM-50 Typhon missile test. This would have been the Typhon LR. The Typhon MR was the RIM-55.

Also, could the Typhon missiles have been used to replace the older air defense missiles before the arrival of the Standard Missile? Typhon LR would have been a useful replacement for the Talos and would have really helped naval air defense prior to the arrival of the F-14 and AEGIS.

Launch_of_a_RIM-50_Typhon_missile_c1962.jpg
 
No. The Typhon missiles used track-via-missile terminal guidance and were inherently dependant on the Typhon radar and fire control system, which could not have been backfitted to older ships.

Typhon LR wasn't even compatible with any other launchers.

Typhon MR was basically a modernized Tarter and evolved into Standard Missile-1 MR, so it could fit legacy launchers like Mk 13. But Typhon MR itself would not work with any legacy fire control systems.
 
Were power requirements the major issue that would have held back a retrofit, assuming the Typhon was made workable? Could the nuclear powered ships such as Long Beach, Bainbridge, and Truxtun have been retrofitted with some or all of the capabilities of the Typhon LR or Typhon MR systems, perhaps to serve as testbeds?
 
Just having nuclear power wouldn't give you the necessary electrical capacity. You'd need to add additional ship-service turbogenerators, which would entail a fairly significant reconstruction.

Typhon also came with significant top-weight, much more than the radars it would have replaced (the prototype Luneberg lens was essentially a giant stone ball). Long Beach might have been able to take it, after cutting down the whole existing superstructure and rebuilding. The smaller DLGNs could not have carried it at all.
 
It also seems there might need to be an extensive surplus of electrical capacity. Elsewhere on the site, one post mentions that the radar would have had a peak output of 8.7 megawatts and an average output of 200 megawatts. Is that accurate? 200 megawatts would be a massive amount of power for a radar system, making it more of a nuclear power barge than a warship. The D2G reactor used on most of the nuclear powered surface ships had a maximum thermal output of 150 megawatts, which is roughly around 50 megawatts electrical. Four reactors would have been needed just to run the radar at 200 megawatts.
 
Delta Force said:
It also seems there might need to be an extensive surplus of electrical capacity. Elsewhere on the site, one post mentions that the radar would have had a peak output of 8.7 megawatts and an average output of 200 megawatts. Is that accurate? 200 megawatts would be a massive amount of power for a radar system, making it more of a nuclear power barge than a warship. The D2G reactor used on most of the nuclear powered surface ships had a maximum thermal output of 150 megawatts, which is roughly around 50 megawatts electrical. Four reactors would have been needed just to run the radar at 200 megawatts.


The power output figures seem strange - peak output should be higher than average output.
 
starviking said:
The power output figures seem strange - peak output should be higher than average output.

That and 200 megawatts is massive power consumption. Perhaps it's supposed to be 20 megawatts or two peak, and 8.7 average?
 
Those numbers are a bit questionable, someone may be mixing megas and kilos, but yes Typhon was found to require nukes. Not because a conventional plant couldn't operate it, Norton Sound was after all not a nuclear ship, but because operating the radar for any amount of time severely taxed a conventional plant. Calculations at the time showed range reductions in the thousands of miles just from all the extra oil being burned to keep the radar going, plus maximum speed and mean time between overhauls took a massive hit. Not to mention the gigantic number of replacement vacuum tubes the ships would need to cart around. It was an interesting system, just like SCANFAR was, but the vision was just too far ahead of the technology.
 
Wasn't there a transistorized radar set that was deployed or under development by the Royal Navy around the same time as Typhon? I think it was the Type 984 or Type 985 radar.
 
Delta Force said:
Wasn't there a transistorized radar set that was deployed or under development by the Royal Navy around the same time as Typhon? I think it was the Type 984 or Type 985 radar.


IIRC it was the Type 985, but there is little info on it. It was probably in an early planning stage, so far from deployment.
 
The info revealed here is fantastic and exclusive,as there is really few saying about actual 3T missiles' performances.
However the link on the document seems no longer available,so if you don't mind reposting?(just asking)


Also in a 1990s Proceedings article(link above) someone revealed serious defuncts,if not failures in the rush-to-service 3T missile systems before get-well program,are there any more articles at the time saying about the same problems?
 
Is there any information on the booster? I think it looks a lot like the Thiokol TX-135 but have only seen it mentioned as the 'Solid Rocket Booster' or some such.
 
Is there any information on the booster? I think it looks a lot like the Thiokol TX-135 but have only seen it mentioned as the 'Solid Rocket Booster' or some such.
Definitely not the TX-135. That thing weighs more than a whole Nike Hercules. Always thought it used the Talos booster. (Sounds like it did.)


" The booster was redesigned for the Extended Range Talos (RIM-8C) to create the Mk 11 Mod 2 that was lighter weight and produced more thrust for the heavier missile. The final booster design weighed 4278 pounds. It burned for 5.4 seconds, producing 596,000 pound-seconds impulse (109,800 pounds thrust). The internal chamber pressure was a fairly constant 1000 psia. throughout the boost phase.11 The booster accelerated the Talos missile to over 2000 feet per second (1360 mph).
This booster was used with all Talos variations from RIM-8C on, including the Talos LAST and Vandal supersonic target programs. In addition, Talos boosters were used as first stage launch vehicles for a number of scientific atmospheric test vehicles11 and the prototype Typhon ramjet missile."
 
Is there any information on the booster? I think it looks a lot like the Thiokol TX-135 but have only seen it mentioned as the 'Solid Rocket Booster' or some such.
Definitely not the TX-135. That thing weighs more than a whole Nike Hercules. Always thought it used the Talos booster. (Sounds like it did.)


" The booster was redesigned for the Extended Range Talos (RIM-8C) to create the Mk 11 Mod 2 that was lighter weight and produced more thrust for the heavier missile. The final booster design weighed 4278 pounds. It burned for 5.4 seconds, producing 596,000 pound-seconds impulse (109,800 pounds thrust). The internal chamber pressure was a fairly constant 1000 psia. throughout the boost phase.11 The booster accelerated the Talos missile to over 2000 feet per second (1360 mph).
This booster was used with all Talos variations from RIM-8C on, including the Talos LAST and Vandal supersonic target programs. In addition, Talos boosters were used as first stage launch vehicles for a number of scientific atmospheric test vehicles11 and the prototype Typhon ramjet missile."
I'm pretty sure the production Typhon LR missiles would use the same booster a Terrier. It had to be compatible with the Mk10 GMLS after all.
 
Is there any information on the booster? I think it looks a lot like the Thiokol TX-135 but have only seen it mentioned as the 'Solid Rocket Booster' or some such.
Definitely not the TX-135. That thing weighs more than a whole Nike Hercules. Always thought it used the Talos booster. (Sounds like it did.)


" The booster was redesigned for the Extended Range Talos (RIM-8C) to create the Mk 11 Mod 2 that was lighter weight and produced more thrust for the heavier missile. The final booster design weighed 4278 pounds. It burned for 5.4 seconds, producing 596,000 pound-seconds impulse (109,800 pounds thrust). The internal chamber pressure was a fairly constant 1000 psia. throughout the boost phase.11 The booster accelerated the Talos missile to over 2000 feet per second (1360 mph).
This booster was used with all Talos variations from RIM-8C on, including the Talos LAST and Vandal supersonic target programs. In addition, Talos boosters were used as first stage launch vehicles for a number of scientific atmospheric test vehicles11 and the prototype Typhon ramjet missile."
I'm pretty sure the production Typhon LR missiles would use the same booster a Terrier. It had to be compatible with the Mk10 GMLS after all.

I think Mk 10 would have to have been tweaked a bit to accept Typhon. The principal source for dimensions on Typhon LR appears to be Friedman's US Naval Weapons, and it gives a booster diameter of 18.5 inches (compared to 18 inches for Terrier) and a weight of 1920 pounds (compared to 1820 pounds for Terrier)
 
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Mr. Sikes.
The committee investigators further found that the General Dynamics Corp, was awarded the contract to develop the medium range missile of the TYPHON system without competition because of its experience with the TARTAR missile. Do you, Dr. Wakelin, believe that this was a wise decision?

Dr. Wakelin.
Yes; I do. The TYPHON medium range missile, previously designated SUPER TARTAR, was an extension of the capabilities of TARTAR, designed to function with a modified MK 13 (TARTAR) launching system. The experience of General Dynamics, Pomona, in the TARTAR missile development was a major factor in selecting the prime contractor for TYPHON MR. A further advantage which accrued to the Navy under this arrangement was the fact that the guidance system for the TYPHON MR missile was common with the guidance system of the TYPHON long-range missile under development by Bendix, Mishawaka. General Dynamics, Pomona, was developing several of the guidance components for the TYPHON LR missile as a subcontractor to Bendix. From a cost effectiveness standpoint, it was determined that a sole source contract to General Dynamics, Pomona, offered the best alternative for TYPHON MR development.

Mr. Sikes.
In February of 1963, this contract with General Dynamics was terminated and the medium-range missile effort was transferred to Bendix, with General Dynamics being retained as the major subcontractor. Bendix had been working on the long-range TYPHON missile. The long-range TYPHON missile was terminated after a directive was issued by the Chief of Naval Operations on August 27, 1962. The Navy, in recognition of the possible impact on the local economy of the loss of the contract at Bendix, requested both Bendix and General Dynamics, the prime contractor on the medium-range TYPHON, to consider redistribution of the medium range missile development work in order to make full use of the technical talent available at Bendix. The upshot of this was that the prime contract was transferred from General Dynamics to Bendix and General Dynamics became a subcontractor. In connection with this decision, Navy officials stated that all economy and technical aspects were considered in making the decision and of special concern was the relative value of defense contracts awarded to firms in Indiana and to firms in California. Other considerations were the mobilization requirements for the Bendix plant, the better overrun record of Bendix, and the claim of Bendix that it could save the Navy 10 percent of the cost of developing the medium-range TYPHON and still maintain a delivery schedule.
Dr. Wakelin, is this type of juggling of contracts in order to have work performed in certain areas of the country a Department of the Navy policy in the handling of research and development contracts?

Dr. Wakelin.
No, it is not. Contractors are selected on the basis of past performance, and qualifications to fulfill Navy requirements.
 
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On Typhon LR, Bendix Mishawaka were prime contractors, with General Dynamics providing seeker, McDonnell on airframe, and McDonnell/Bendix on powerplant.

McDonnell work was done under Model 85AB & 85AC

The seeker was common between Typhon MR and LR.
 
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1957
The Laboratory completed a study of 1970 threat and fleet air defence requirements. Super Talos (now LR Typhon) and Super Tartar (now MR Typhon) missile names were used. Study presented to Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

1958
Advanced weapon system concepts defined. Super Talos /Super Tartar programs approved by CNO. Weapon control and missile R&D initiated.

1959
Initial Technical Development Plans (TOPS) for Super Talos and Super Tartar sent to CNO. Super Tartar program deferred. Initial Super Talos configuration established; detailed design in process. Successful aircraft tracking performed using frequency diversity pulse Doppler and random pulse repetition frequency. Angle tracking achieved with 100-element Luneberg lens.

1960
Integrated Typhon program, replacing Super Talos and Super Tartar, approved by CNO. Initial Typhon TOP issued. Westinghouse awarded contract for prototype AN/SPG-59 radar. Navy recommends Typhon cruiser in Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SeN) 1963, thus accelerating the program. Construction of Typhon experimental radar started at APL with integrated search and track system, using spherical phased array antenna. Laboratory system tests of Typhon equipment and radar techniques begun. Start of study for installation of prototype Typhon in a test ship approved by CNO. Definition and laboratory testing of Typhon frequency diversity guidance system completed. Successful ground tests of ramjet engine. Detailed design completed for early Typhon LR flight vehicles; LR Typhon S/N-1 accepted and shipped to White Sands Missile Range. Laboratory is designated by BuOrd as TO of Typhon weapon system. Eaton appointed APL Typhon program supervisor with technical direction responsibility of the overall Typhon program. Garrison designated program supervisor for the Typhon weapon control system including radar. Larson appointed program supervisor for Typhon LR missile, Sheppard for Typhon MR missile. LCDR Gussow appointed section head of Typhon weapon control system in BuOrd. Successful operation of 492-element Luneberg lens for computation of phase and amplitude.

1961
Initial operation of Typhon experimental radar and weapon direction equipment; coherent acquisition system demonstrated. Two Typhon experimental LR propulsion test vehicles and one control test vehicle flown. Bendix/Mishawaka awarded prime contract for Typhon LR. Responsibility for Typhon weapon system technical direction integration aligned to APL in addition to technical direction. Typhon MR development program initiated. Change made to wingless Typhon LR configuration.

1962
General Dynamics/pomona awarded prime contract for Typhon MR. Typhon cruiser construction program cancelled by CNO. Return of Typhon LR to exploratory development directed by C o. Clo ed-loop flyover tests demonstrating Typhon guidance system in conjunction with experimental radar are conducted. Two Typhon LR control test vehicles and two command guidance test vehicles flown. Successful flight test of Typhon LR booster demonstrated.

1963
Beginning of installation of A jSPG-59 prototype radar on the USS Norton Sound (AVM-I). Typhon MR mi ile prime contract transferred to Bendix/Mishawaka. Two Typhon LR command guidance test vehicles flown . Typhon MR control test vehicle flown.

1964
BuWep terminated MR and LR Typhon missile programs but allowed continued installation of Typhon radar system for test and evaluation to June 1965. Laboratory designated as director of missile ship's system engineering, integration and test by having the responsibility for integrating the various weapon elements of the Norton Sound. The Norton Sound is recommissioned. Luke assigned as project engineer for the engineering test program, Schultheis as test team leader.

1965 The Norton Sound tests of Typhon are terminated. The Typhon program is terminated.
 
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MODEL NO.SERIES
LETTER
CUSTOMERTYPE
DESIGNATION
DESCRIPTIONDATE NO.
ASSIGNED
JOB
ORDER
85VNAVYMISSILE
(LONG RANGE
TYPHON
MISSILE)
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE. COMPLETELY NEW VERSION OF TALOS AIRFRAME. MODULAR ELECTRONIC PACKAGING.
[ENGINE] NOT YET DETERMINED.
(PROBLEM STATEMENT MCDONNELL-1-V, MCDONNELL-1-W, MC DONNELL-1-X, MCDONNELL-1-Y (MCDONNELL REPORT 7513))
7-7-56(MED)
25
303
85AB
SN9-2O
NAVYTYPHON LRFORWARD SECTION, WINGS DELETED AT 3RD ARTICLE (SN-11)
RAMJET (SOLID PROPELLANT)
3-9-61(MED)
397
612
613
805
85ACNAVYTYPHON LRPROJECT CANCELLED.

 
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Source, TACTICAL MISSILE STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY by WILLIAM C. CAYWOOD, ROBERT M. RIVELLO, and LOUIS B. WECKESSER.

The next major missile airframe development at APL was the Mach 4 Long Range Typhon (Typhon LR) in 1958-1960 (Fig. 2). The airframe was fabri- cated from superalloys of nickel and cobalt, using lightweight honeycomb and corrugation-stiffened panel construction. As with Talos, the Typhon's ex- ternal airframe in the region of the combustor was protected from the hot combustion-chamber gases by means of an air-cooled shroud liner system that by- passed a portion of the relatively cool internal duct air. Also, flame-sprayed zirconium dioxide coatings maintained the combustion-chamber components within acceptable temperature limits. The structural capability of the missile at speeds up to Mach 4.2 and at altitudes of 55,000 to 100,000 feet was demonstrated in successful flight tests at White Sands Proving Ground in 1960-62. Studies conducted for NASA in 1963 indicated that the structure would be capable of operating at Mach 4.5 at high altitudes.
 

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US Government Research Reports, Volume 38, Part 2, 1963 (via Google Books).

Army Signal Research and Development Lab Fort Monmouth NJ
EVALUATION OF TRANSPONDER SET AN/DPN 65 (XE-1), by Fred H. McCall and Frank P. Marshall.
June 62. 15p incl. illus. tables, 2 refs.
(ASRDL test rept. no. 1503)
(DA Proj. 3C-16-19-001-01)
Unclassified report

DESCRIPTORS: Radar beacons, Radar navigation Tests, Radar tracking, Miniature electronic equipment, Guided missiles (Surface to air) Shipborne, C band.

Acceptance tests were conducted on four design-approval models of transponder set AN/DPN-65 (XE-1). This transponder is a miniature, pulse-type, C band radar beacon designed for use in the TYPHON and other guided missiles, and in manned and unmanned aircraft to improve radar tracking at extended ranges. The AN/DPN-65 (XE-1) weighs 3-1/2 pounds and measures 2/1/2 by 2-1/2 by 7 in. Receiver sensitivity of the beacon is -45 dbm across the frequency range of 5.4 kmc to 5.6 kmc. The transmitted peak power output is 10 watts across the frequency band of 5.5 kmc to 5.7 kmc. Deficiencies uncovered in the evaluation of the design-approval models were corrected by the contractor. The corrections were incorporated in the engineering test models which were satisfactory in all respects. (Author)

Attached image from Electronics (December 28th, 1964).
 

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Source, TACTICAL MISSILE STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY by WILLIAM C. CAYWOOD, ROBERT M. RIVELLO, and LOUIS B. WECKESSER.

The next major missile airframe development at APL was the Mach 4 Long Range Typhon (Typhon LR) in 1958-1960 (Fig. 2). The airframe was fabri- cated from superalloys of nickel and cobalt, using lightweight honeycomb and corrugation-stiffened panel construction. As with Talos, the Typhon's ex- ternal airframe in the region of the combustor was protected from the hot combustion-chamber gases by means of an air-cooled shroud liner system that by- passed a portion of the relatively cool internal duct air. Also, flame-sprayed zirconium dioxide coatings maintained the combustion-chamber components within acceptable temperature limits. The structural capability of the missile at speeds up to Mach 4.2 and at altitudes of 55,000 to 100,000 feet was demonstrated in successful flight tests at White Sands Proving Ground in 1960-62. Studies conducted for NASA in 1963 indicated that the structure would be capable of operating at Mach 4.5 at high altitudes.
That attachment must be the final-ish configuration. In one of the tables posted up the page it mentions, "FORWARD SECTION, WINGS DELETED AT 3RD ARTICLE (SN-11)".
 

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