This project is to develop antennas which enable beyond line of sight (BLOS) command and control for UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). We will take advantage of newly assigned provisional Ku-band spectrum for UAVs and use unique antenna designs to avoid interference with ground systems. This will involve designing antennas with high isotropic effective radiated power (EIRP) and ultra-low sidelobes. The antennas will be made with polymer aerogel as a substrate to both reduce weight and improve performance, as demonstrated in an Aero Seedling. In addition, designing the antennas to be conformal to the aircraft fuselage will reduce drag.


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    Titel :

    Conformal Lightweight Antenna Structures for Aeronautical Communication Technologies


    Beteiligte:
    Meador, Mary Ann (Autor:in) / Downey, James (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Convergent Aeronautic Solutions Project (CAS) Showcase ; 2018 ; Mountain View, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    18.09.2018


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch