Background

NOTE

maintenance, transportation, supply and/or reliability

warranty aspects of this program should be directed to

The AN/ARN-123(V)2 is used exclusively by

those addresses listed in paragraph 7.

the U.S. Coast Guard.

e. During the life of the warranty period, there is to

2. References: a. Contract DAAB07-75-C-0853 with

be no repair of these items within Army Maintenance

Bendix Corporation,

channels, AVUM, AVIM, Depot or by any facilities

Avionics Division

other than those of the manufacturer.

2100 N.W. 62nd Street

f. THE EQUIPMENT WILL CONTAIN AP-

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33310

PROPRIATE SEALS WHICH MUST NOT BE

b. Equipment Technical Manuals

BROKEN OR TAMPERED WITH IN ORDER TO

(1) AN/ARN-123(V) TM 11-5826-258-24

COMPLY WITH WARRANTY CONDITIONS OF

TM 1l-582&258-20P

THE CONTRACT.

(2) R-1963/ARN

TM 11-5826-257-24

g. The return to the contractor of receivers found to

c. TM 38-750 The Army Maintenance Management

be operating satisfactorily by both the contractor and

System (TAMMS).

Government DCASMA personnel at the contractor's

d. AR 725-50 Requisition and Issue of Supplies and

plant will, under the provisions of the RIW, subject the

Equipment, Requisitioning Receipt and Issue System.

Government to monetary penalties. To avoid such

e. AR 710-3 Asset and Transaction Reporting

penalties, failures must be carefully checked in accor-

System.

dance with the TM, prior to return to the contractor.

AR 700-58 Packaging Improvement Report.

h. The RIW maintenance philosophy uses a direct in-

AR 340-3 Official Mail.

terface between the user's maintenance organization

SB 38-100 Preservation, Packaging, Packing and

(i.e., usually the aviation unit maintenance (AVUM) or

Marking Materiels, Supplies and Equipment Used by

aviation intermediate maintenance (AVIM)) and the

the Army.

equipment manufacturer's repair facility. This means

3. Background: a. The AN/ARN-123(V), Receiving

that the user's maintenance organization receives, pro-

Set, Radio, when installed in Army aircraft (both fixed

cesses and returns the failed unit to the manufacturer.

and rotary wing) equipped with appropriate instrumen-

Shipment of the replacement/repaired unit will be made

tation will provide manual and automatic Very High

direct to the evacuating maintenance unit. Multiple

F r e q u e n c y Omnirange (VOR) bearing, Localizer

handling of serviceable/unserviceable equipment bet-

(LOC), Glideslope (GS) and Marker Beacon (MB) posi-

ween intermediate organizations is to be avoided to

tion information for enroute and terminal navigation

eliminate long handling and processing times.

and Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) approach and

i. Reliability Improvement Warranty (RIW) effec-

landing.

tiveness is based upon quick processing of failed

b. The R-1963/ARN, Receiver, Radio, will provide

e q u i p m e n t s to and from the contractor's repair

glideslope and marker beacon information during ILS

facilities.

approach and landing. When interfaced with an up-

j. Aircraft utilizing AN/ARN-123(V)l, (V)3, (V)4

dated AN/ARN-82/VOR-LOC, Receiver a complete

and R-1963/ARN through the new production or

VOR-ILS system will be constituted.

retrofit installation route are:

c. AN/ARN-123(V), Receiving Set, Radio, has three

R-1963/ARN

A/C type

AN/ARN-123

configurations utilized by the Army. Their components

are as follows:

(V)1 (V)3 (V)4

(1) AN/ARN-123(V) is comprised of a C-10048,

AH-1S

Control, R-2023, Receiver and MT-4834, Mount.

CH-47C/D

(2) AN/ARN-123(V)3, is comprised of a C-10048,

OH-58C

Control, R-2023, Receiver and MT-4980, Mount.

T-42

(3) AN/ARN-123(V)4 is comprised of a C-10048,

U-8F

Control, R-2139, Receiver and MT-4834, Mount.

UH-60

d. R a d i o R e c e i v e r s A N / A R N - 1 2 3 ( V ) a n d

UH-1

R-1963/ARN were procured by US Army CERCOM

CH-54

with a 4-year Reliability Improvement Warranty (RIW)

OV-1/RV-1

from the manufacturer, Bendix Corporation, Avionics

U-21/RU-21

Division, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A subsequent 2-year

UH-1V

RIW extension has been contractually added to each

k. Aviation units receiving aircraft with the new sub-

receiver for an overall 6-year RIW total. The warranty

ject equipment may requisition float as authorized.

provides that the manufacturer repair, overhaul or

4 . C o n c e p t : a. E q u i p m e n t f u r n i s h e d u n d e r t h e

replace, as required, any radio set or component as

Reliability Improvement Warranty (RIW) will be free

listed during the six year period.