IMPROVED REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF ANTENNA EFFECTS "IMPROVED REAL-TIME ANTENNA MODELLING SYSTEM (IRAMS)"

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ACCOMPLISH THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR, AND ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF, AN INNOVATIVE REAL-TIME ANTENNA MODELING SYSTEM (IRAMS). MTL PROPOSES A SYSTEM WHICH WILL EMPLOY PROVEN AND PREDICTABLE EXISTING SIMULATION ALGORITHMS AND SIGNAL MODULATION DEVICES FOR THE COMPUTATIONAL AND MODULATIONAL SUBSYSTEMS OF THE IRAMS. THE EFFORT WILL FOCUS UPON DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF A PARADIGM WHICH WILL EMPLOY THREE LEVELS OF ALGORITHMS: RIGOROUS, EMPIRICAL, AND LOOKUP TABLES, INTERACTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY IN BOTH THE SUPPORT (NON-REAL-TIME) AND RUNTIME (REAL-TIME) ELEMENTS OF THE COMPUTATIONAL SUBSYSTEM. THE MODULATION SUBSYSTEM WILL EMPLOY DEVICES KNOWN TO FUNCTION IN THIS APPLICATION BASED UPON PREVIOUS SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS. A DEMONSTRATION WILL BE CONDUCTED TO CONFIRM THE ACCURACY AND EXECUTION SPEED PERFORMANCE OF BOTH SUBSYSTEMS, IN PROTOTYPE HOST FACILITY, THE INTEGRATED DEFENSIVE AVIONICS LABORATORY (IDAL), WL/AAWA-2, WPAFB. OHIO. THE PHASE I PRODUCT WILL BE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, SIMULATED AND TESTED TO ENSURE FUNCTIONALITY AND DEMONSTRATED TO ESTABLISH FEASIBILITY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A SOLID AND QUANTIFIED BASIS FOR SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION, INTEGRATION INTO THE HOST FACILITY, AND DATABASE POPULATION, IN THE PHASE II EFFORT.