Harris Corporation

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Marcus L Foster

James K Conn

Sharadchandra D Patel

Michael G Guler

Thomas P Morton

An antenna fabrication scheme for shaped reflector analyzes the geometry of the shaped reflector to be fabricated. On the basis of this analysis, a surface of revolution which closely approximates the shaped reflector is defined. The axis of revolution of the generated surface can then be employed by a single reflector shaping tool to describe the surface of revolution a portion of which approximates that of the desired shaped reflector. The shaped reflector is then effectively removed from the described surface by defining the perimeter of the shaped reflector on the surface of revolution.

Offset shaped antenna reflector

A radiometric countermeasures system installable on a military tank to det a passive millimeter wave sensor in a guidance system on an enemy missile. The system comprises an oscillator source of mm waves; a variable attenuator connected to the oscillator to adjust the power level of the oscillator output signal; a circular polarizer connected to the attenuator; an antenna connected to the polarizer to broadcast mm wave radiation to the ambient atmosphere in which the military tank is located; and means for adjusting the attenuation of the attenuator such that total mm wave emission from the tank and from the antenna is substantially equal to the naturally-occurring mm wave radiation emitted by the background scenery in the vicinity of the tank.

Military countermeasures passive signature cancellation system

An antenna fabrication scheme for shaped reflectors analyzes the geometry of the shaped reflector to be fabricated. On the basis of this analysis, a surface of revolution which closely approximates the shaped reflector is defined. The axis of revolution of the generated surface can then be employed by a single reflector shaping tool to describe the surface of revolution a portion of which approximates that of the desired shaped reflector. The shaped reflector is then effectively removed from the described surface by defining the perimeter of the shaped reflector on the surface of revolution.

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Palm Bay, FL, United States of America

Marcus L Foster