A Software Toolkit to Automate Display Management for Command and Control Applications

This proposal addresses the Army requirement to develop and demonstrate a small CRPA for missile applications, enabling low-cost GPS anti-jam antenna solutions for wideband jammer threats. Mayflower is proposing to develop a small, low-cost tactical GPSarray and antenna electronics unit to suppress up to three (3) wideband jammers in excess of 30 dB with a convergence time of less than 1 ms. The unique feature of the Mayflower small CRPA is that the signal distortions associated with the reduction ofthe antenna spacing and miniaturization of the antenna elements are compensated automatically by the antenna algorithm, instead of expensive calibrations and modifications of the array housing in order to reduce the mutual coupling. In addition, theantenna algorithm will be implemented in an existing Mayflower antenna electronics unit through mostly software changes. Miniaturization of the antenna electronics in a future program by developing a downconverter MMIC and a digital beamformer ASIC, willresult in a unique, miniature, low-cost, GPS anti-jam system for small missile applications.