Joint Electronics Type Designation System Item Name
Recorder, flight data
Joint Electronics Type Designation System Item Type Number
Cpu-17a/a
Functional Description
Used to compile the data requiredfor the loads/environmental spectra survey (less) by performing the following: record aircraft header data for each flight, process all input sensor channels during flight, compress, & store the data in nonvolatile memory, provide a means of transferring the data collected in flight to ground based equip