European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Is photos by Tony Evanoski electronic air control by Peter Foley staff writer one of Tiik faced individuals our Klimik in a Diml like led Well. Guarded secret command room of n com Siul alteration Center will soon be looking for n new Job he s the person wlm traces the sunlit pattern of an unidentified plane with a red i Pencil on n map i mix Intel on a Large Sheet o Pic x in i her. Taking Over this Job Wmk in i Nln processing units dint will gather information from radar sets and automatically locate and track All air traffic movements on a Naves Wal prow Lon screen. This is Only one part of a n u an weapons control system called the 4121,. Manufactured by Oneal elect he it is Goinn installed by of in Kui pc. The now multimillion Dollar project is far More than a Quick Means of truth in. It is to syst a Desly cd to control military Milr it Tippons and Direh a Tiili Atory Nir strike Force. When 412l is Petal lunar. 11 will tic in Many different Type of exist Rik air de sense equipment into a single Semi Auto in tic electronic system. Integrating radar bites command control Center and weapons bases into a unified highly capable air weapons control snid col will Lam , director. Air weapons control i Klc. Within seconds. The human decision Mak ers i even an Ima Lytic v 1 w of air i Ruff in n Kevin area. Information i sorted and classified and unit Cothary Niu Rte 1 dam Ardt a. Operate. Orn Monitor All information Ron int into the Kyu a. Intro duty new info Iii Silton and make control decision As needed. Control it enters. A cited b i ill data links can present the summary of in entire continent s air truffle on a Large multicoloured situation screen. Small rat tit Al Britt employ tin same equipment either in fixed installations Orin Mobile unit which can been ally net up close to the Battle line. Mounted on trailers they will he hosted in specially Des Ojini a shelters. Fixed and Mobile installations operate together in feeding data which supplies each Center with Aji a to the Momeni or. I Lonu its Termi nuut the s.\sli-m. Hundreds of Liiv gift. A Elink to supersonics needs can Hoof lust a a Multani of sly. With this information in Wonlu Utown staff a Cedis which targets i Siisi Siutu a threat and which do not. T i Umlor action can by Innia Lud immediately. Designers have anticipated no advances. Newer equipment May be in u uni tvs into -1121. In tin.1 future. Vemi now Lieford Hie Sistrum i of tji tonal the to b i b or 0 modifier turns us die 411 Silt s. Most us Trio changes Havi been made in the i Inlet wire boards. More than 200,000 of Rhee printed wire boards Ore used in the 4121 by item. One of the 200,000 printed Cir Cuili gets a thorough Check by a technician. 22, 1963 new radar equipment is tested Fay s sol Elmer �. Flanagan or. And technician Jim Kan. The stars and stripes Page 1
