Check the listing for details. Ferret! Hikoki (9781800352971). Condition: New. Listed at 68.24 USD. Ferret! - USAAF Airborne Signals Intelligence Development and Operations 1942-1945 (9781800352971) Features280 pagesOver 150 black and white photographsBook dimensions are 11 x 8.5HardcoverDuring World War Two the USAAF swiftly developed and deployed airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft pioneering advanced radar technologies and operational tactics amidst wartime challenges. br>The design and production of the airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft of the USAAF during World War Two was an example of a rapid wartime evolutionary process. In three short years the USAAF went from hand-built prototypes to full scale production of an aircraft type that had not previously existed in the US inventory. Government partnered with universities to form research laboratories focused on radar countermeasures (RCM) while US airline maintenance facilities were requisitioned to form production centres for modifications to allow rapid insertion of the technology. The USAAF pushed the bounds of systems integration and programme management learning how to rapidly develop field and operate aircraft in the ever evolving war in the electromagnetic spectrum. Just as the technical design changed so did the operational employment of these 'ferret' aircraft. Ferrets started as an adjunct to bombing missions but quickly evolved into aircraft flying their own missions off the enemy coast. New schools were developed to train personnel to operate these aircraft and when output was lagging squadrons set up their own schools in theatre. Technical representatives from US and Allied universities helped modify aircraft as tactics changed providing feedback for later production equipment and aircraft. The story of these 'ferret' aircraft is one of talented people across all walks of life pulling together to solve a complex problem under trying conditions.