The Boeing Company

Joel R Dixon

John Baldauf

Eric D Lee

Brian M Park

David Bressler

In one embodiment, a gimbaled reflector antenna is provided that includes only four reflectors comprising: a first flat plate reflector, a second flat plate reflector, and an ellipsoidal reflector, and a parabolic reflector. By rotating some or all of the reflectors with respect to a fixed feed, a projected beam may be scanned across a hemispherical field of regard.

Gimbaled gregorian antenna

In one embodiment, a gimbaled reflector antenna is provided that includes: a Dragonian antenna having a sub-reflector and a main reflector; a feed; a third reflector adapted to reflect a beam from the feed to the sub reflector; an azimuth gimbal adapted to rotate the Dragonian antenna with respect to the third reflector; and an elevation gimbal adapted to rotate the flat reflector with respect to the feed.

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Joel R Dixon