Prototype Testing and Evaluation of a Structurally Integrated Conformal Antenna Installation in the Vertical Tail of A Military Aircraft

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3046, Issue , 1997, Pages 173-181

  Lockyer, Allen J ^a   Kudva, Jayanth N ^a   Coughlin, Daniel P ^a   Alt, Kevin H ^a   Martin, Christopher A ^a   Durham, Michael D ^a   Goetz, Allan C ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION; ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INSTALLATION; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; VERTICAL STABILIZERS;

COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS; CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT; CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING ISSUE; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 55949105942     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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