Wide-band 2-D Electronically Beam-Steering Radiating Aperture

WaveBand Corporation (WaveBand) proposes to design and build a compact light-weight 2-D wide-band electronically beamsteering radiating aperture for multi-mission high-power electronic attack. The aperture operating at frequencies below 10 GHz is based on a new approach to electronic beam forming developed at WaveBand. The new approach radically differs from existing phased array technology. It promises dramatic cost and weight reduction and environmental stability, while providing digital beam forming that includes steering, tracking, and nulling; individually controlled simultaneous multiple beams; and extremely flexible reconfigurability. The proposed aperture is based on externally controlled active wide-band antenna pixels and consists of several separate linear sub-arrays. In this Phase I project, the feasibility of the approach will be established through a complete design of the whole antenna and through the demonstration of a breadboard prototype.