Retrodirective Arrays for Coherent Transmission (ReACT)
Abstract
Worldwide advancements in signal processing and electronics have decreased the effectiveness of single-platform, power-based Electronic Warfare (EW) as a viable technique in the future. The goal of the Retrodirective Arrays for Coherent Transmission (ReACT) program is to develop and demonstrate the capability to combine distributed mobile transmitters to direct high-power spatially resolved radio frequency (RF) beams to a single location. ReACT will achieve this capability by synchronizing multiple distributed transmitters to form a much larger effective array than a single aperture. The key technical challenge is to synchronize distributed and moving transmitters while compensating for platform motion and vibration. The ReACT system will sense the target's emissions and then optimally configure the ReACT transmitters to focus on the area of interest. The ReACT program builds upon technology developed under the Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program, which is budgeted in PE 0602716E, Project ELT-01, and will culminate with a flight demonstration of distributed beamforming. The ReACT technology is planned to transition to the Air Force and Navy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 456d51e0c996dccdb6a374fb7c111e60