Conformal load-bearing antenna structures (CLAS): Initiative for multiple military and commercial applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3046, Issue , 1997, Pages 182-196

  Lockyer, Allen J ^a   Alt, Kevin H ^a   Kudva, Jayanth N ^a   Kinslow, Robert W ^a   Goetz, Allan ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DURABILITY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY VEHICLES; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONFORMAL LOAD-BEARING ANTENNA STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; INTEGRATED ANTENNAS; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; STIFFENED STRUCTURES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 85076951652     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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