• DocumentCode
    2666825
  • Title

    Phased array antenna: is it worth the cost on a fighter aircraft?

  • Author

    Georges, Philippe

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson-CSF Aerosp. Group, Montrouge, France
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    21-25 May 1990
  • Firstpage
    312
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1990. NAECON 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 National
  • Conference_Location
    Dayton, OH
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NAECON.1990.112788
  • Filename
    112788