Performance of microstrip antenna arrays installed on aircraft

This paper presents simulations and measurements of microstrip antenna arrays installed on civil aircraft. The main purpose is to develop a procedure to simulate microstrip arrays installed on electrically large airplanes and to validate the numerical predictions of the installed performance with measurements using scaled mock-ups. All electromagnetic analyses are done using commercial software. Design and development of the antennas used for validation and particulars regarding the simulations are presented. Comparisons between simulations and measurements of installed performance are discussed in detail.