Ferrimagnetic Additive Composite Textile (FACT) for Improved Antenna Power Radomes and Multifunction Electronics

Metamagnetics Inc. proposes to address the Navy?s need for new advanced materials and low-cost manufacturing methods in Electronic Warfare systems by developing new composite magnetic fibers weaved in high-performance ferrimagnetic-based textiles. These engineered magnetic fabrics can be used as substrates, super-strates, and protective coatings in several applications, including high performance radome structures for future advanced antenna systems. The proposed low-cost, low-loss, free-space impedance-matched magnetics fibers can be implemented in present additive manufacturing processes used by industry, as well as emerging advanced methods to enhance future antenna capabilities. Ferrimagnetic textiles can be tunable, spatially distributed, and made conformal to complex shapes for use in next generation electronic systems across many naval applications that require structural resiliency and high electromagnetics performance.