Raytheon Company

Philip D Starbuck

Kenneth William Brown

David D Crouch

David R Sar

James R Gallivan

Andrew Kent Brown

Keith G Kato

David J Canich

James E Gallivan

Robert E Karlson

An area-protection system uses an active-array antenna to generate a high-power millimeter-wave wavefront to deter an intruder within a protected area. One or more reflectors may be positioned within the protected area to help retain energy of the wavefront within the area. The area-protection system may include an intrusion-detection subsystem to detect presence of the intruder within the protected area and to generate a detection signal. The active-array antenna may generate the high-power millimeter-wave wavefront in response to the detection signal. In some embodiments, the intrusion-detection subsystem may detect the presence of a tag worn by the intruder, and may instruct the array antenna to refrain from generating the wavefront when tag is authenticated. In some embodiments, an illuminator may be used detect intruder movement based on return signals. In some embodiments, the array antenna includes semiconductor wafers arranged together on a substantially flat surface.

Millimeter-wave area-protection system and method

A system and method for monitoring a cargo container. The novel system () includes a sensor module () mounted in each target area () and a central monitoring system (). Each sensor module () includes one or more sensors () and a transceiver () for transmitting data from the sensors to the central monitoring system (). The central monitoring system () includes a transceiver () for receiving the data from all sensor modules () and a local master processor () for processing and analyzing the data. In the preferred embodiment, each transceiver () is capable of receiving and retransmitting signals of other sensor modules to relay signals of a particular sensor module () in a daisy chain fashion to and from the central monitoring system ().

Sensor suite and communication system for cargo monitoring and identification

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Philip D Starbuck