Current status of airborne active phased array (AESA) radar systems and future trends

Conference Proceedings - 1st European Radar Conference, EuRAD

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 121-124

  Hommel, Hans ^a   Feldle, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHASE SHIFTERS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAYS (AESA); ELECTRONICALLY STEERED ARRAYS (ESA); GROUND MOVING TARGET INDICATION (GMIT); NOISE AMPLIFICATION;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 19644373443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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