Test and Evaluation of Tape Transports and Techniques for Airborne High Data Rate Digital Recording.
Oliver E Bassette, Robert B Resek, Leroy W. Ferber · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1977
Test, evaluation and analysis were made on two magnetic tape transports. These data were compared against the Air Force requirements to record Digital Data generated by an Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Set/Analog to Digital Converter/Duty Cycle Compression System for (AN/UPD-X). An Airborne Digital Tape Transport configuration is proposed based on these data and analysis. Performance and performance margins are given or estimated. Magnetic tape evaluation data is also analyzed and a tape drop-out model is presented with a proposed Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) system which will allow very high bit packing densities (two billion bits per cubic inch) at low bit error rates with uncertified magnetic tape. (Author)