Design, fabrication and testing of a large airborne phased-array antenna for the E-9A aircraft

Author

Cooke, William P. ; Tripp, Victor K. ; Montgomery, J.P.

Author_Institution

Georgia Tech. Res. Inst., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

15-18 Oct 1996

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

130

Abstract

A large airborne phased-array antenna was developed for the E-9A Airborne Platform. The array is an active, one-dimensional scan, multiple-channel phased-array with a length of 30 feet and a height of 30 inches. It is a polarization-insensitive antenna system that operates from 2.2 to 2.4 GHz and is capable of simultaneously acquiring and tracking five independent telemetry signals from missiles

Keywords

active antenna arrays; aircraft communication; antenna phased arrays; military equipment; missiles; mobile antennas; multibeam antennas; radiotelemetry; scanning antennas; 2.2 to 2.4 GHz; 30 feet; 30 in; E-9A Airborne Platform; E-9A aircraft; active array; antenna design; antenna fabrication; antenna testing; large airborne phased-array antenna; missiles; multiple channel phased array; one-dimensional scan antenna; polarization insensitive antenna system; telemetry signal tracking; Acoustic beams; Aircraft; Antenna arrays; Fabrication; Loaded antennas; Missiles; Phased arrays; Polarization; Telemetry; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Phased Array Systems and Technology, 1996., IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3232-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAST.1996.565949

Filename

565949