Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT)
Abstract
Phased arrays are critical system components for high performance military electronics with widespread applications in communications, electronic warfare and radar. The DoD relies heavily on phased arrays to maintain technological superiority in nearly every theater of conflict. The DoD cannot update these high cost specialized arrays at the pace necessary to effectively counter adversarial threats. The Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program fills this gap through the use of commercial-of-the-shelf components that can undergo technology refresh far more frequently in response to a continually changing threat environment. ACT will develop adaptive and standardized digital-at-every-element arrays that can replace static analog beamformers with cost effective digital array systems capable of a yearly technology refresh. By doing so, phased arrays will become ubiquitous throughout the DoD, moving onto many platforms for which phased arrays had been previously prohibitively expensive to develop or maintain.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 05a01dddca1884d6f5b3fee255e9e8ba
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