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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventor:
John P. Gianvittorio, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/36 (2013.01); H01Q 1/28 (2013.01); H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for a phased array system including a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) configured to fly in an array formation having an array lattice spacing. The UAVs can include a puck having a phased array element and a signal processing module configured to receive and process a signal to achieve for the array lattice spacing a spacing that is less than a wavelength of operation of the phased array elements.