Joint STARS phased array radar antenna

Author

Shnitkin, H.

Author_Institution

Norden Syst. Inc., Norwalk, CT, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

23-27 May 1994

Firstpage

142

Abstract

The Joint STARS phased array radar system is capable of performing long range airborne surveillance and was used during the Persian Gulf war on two E8-A aircraft to fly many around-the-clock missions to monitor the Kuwait and Iraq battlefield from a safe distance behind the front lines. This paper is a follow-on to the author´s previous work (1990, 1991) on the subject of the Joint STARS antenna and deals mainly with mission performance and technical aspects not previously covered. Radar data of troop movements and armament installations will be presented, a brief review of the antenna design is given, followed by technical discussions concerning the three-port interferometry, gain and sidelobe design approach, cost control, range test implementation and future improvements

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna testing; military equipment; radar antennas; radiowave interferometry; E8-A aircraft; Joint STARS phased array radar antenna; armament installations; cost control; gain design approach; long range airborne surveillance; range test implementation; sidelobe design approach; three-port interferometry; troop movements; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Antenna arrays; Costs; Interferometry; Monitoring; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Surveillance; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1994. NAECON 1994., Proceedings of the IEEE 1994 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1893-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1994.333005

Filename

333005