RF-5E Tactical Reconnaissance Standoff Photography Concept

Ronald M. Gibb

doi:10.1117/12.959261

23 December 1980 RF-5E Tactical Reconnaissance Standoff Photography Concept

Ronald M. Gibb

Proceedings Volume 0242, Long Focal Length, High Altitude Standoff Reconnaissance; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959261
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Standoff oblique photography should become an increasingly important requirement for tactical reconnaissance systems in any future conflict. Strongly defended targets and limited command resources may make over-flights undesirable, with the result that intelligence data may be obtained from standoff imagery. Rapidly changing scenarios and new hardware development make it mandatory that tactical recon systems provide full-flight envelope data acquisition capability. Photography is a very efficient and cost-effective data collection system and is compatible with many of the world's air forces' resource capabilities. The RF-5E reconnaissance aircraft has been developed to meet the standoff oblique photography requirements in addition to the standard vertical photo and infrared reconnaissance requirements. The RF-5E incorporates prism type panoramic cameras, combined with aircraft primary V-type windows to permit in-flight selection by the pilot of vertical or wide angle, left or right, standoff photos. In addition, the RF-5E incorporates a pallet concept which permits mission reconfiguration from a 24-inch focal length pan camera to a 66-inch focal length multiframe camera. This paper describes the develop-ment history, concepts and capabilities of the RF-5E aircraft relative to standoff photography.

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Ronald M. Gibb "RF-5E Tactical Reconnaissance Standoff Photography Concept", Proc. SPIE 0242, Long Focal Length, High Altitude Standoff Reconnaissance, (23 December 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959261

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