• DocumentCode
    2443587
  • Title

    New trends in airborne phased array radars

  • Author

    Lacomme, Philippe

  • Author_Institution
    Thales Airborne Syst., Elancourt, France
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-17 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    22
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a general view on ongoing new researches, developments and perspectives in airborne phased arrays radars under the light of four main drivers: (1) the cost reduction of the current AESA, (2) new applications requiring very low cost solutions, (3) the need to share the resources (balconies and antennas) on the aircraft, and (4) the "distributed sensor" emergence (multistatic sensor).
  • Keywords
    airborne radar; antenna phased arrays; distributed sensors; phased array radar; radar antennas; AESA; airborne phased array radars; cost reduction; distributed sensor; Airborne radar; Antenna arrays; Costs; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar cross section; Sensor arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Phased Array Systems and Technology, 2003. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7827-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAST.2003.1256950
  • Filename
    1256950