Title :
Phased array antenna: is it worth the cost on a fighter aircraft?
Author :
Georges, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Thomson-CSF Aerosp. Group, Montrouge, France
Abstract :
An airborne fire-control radar equipped with a passive plane phased-array antenna is considered. An effort is made to find the best methods for its use and to derive the technical and operational effects which stem from it. It is found that the best way to use it lies not in the range domain, but mainly in the multifunctional aspect of the radar, and particularly in its contribution to the efficiency of the weapon system
Keywords :
aircraft communication; aircraft instrumentation; antenna phased arrays; military equipment; mobile antennas; radar antennas; radar equipment; airborne fire-control radar; cost; efficiency; fighter aircraft; military equipment; multifunctional design; passive plane phased-array antenna; weapon; Airborne radar; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Costs; Directive antennas; Lighting; Military aircraft; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Target tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1990. NAECON 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1990.112788
