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Applied Radar, Inc. has developed a Wideband Phased \/ Channelized Array Technology (WIPCAT\u2122) as part of a Phase III SBIR with the US Army C5ISR Center in Aberdeen, MD. WIPCAT\u2122 is a scalable wideband tile-based phased-array suitable for airborne and ground-based Multi-function Radar, Electronic Warfare (EW) and Communications. A prototype has been built and we are currently testing a representative section of the array in our in-house anechoic chamber. Outdoor testing will follow.<\/p>

WIPCAT\u2122 is designed from the ground-up to support both a wide instantaneous and tuning bandwidth, which translates into range resolution in a radar application, and high data rate in a communications application. For EW, it allows scanning of a wide RF spectrum using a single sensor. An additional key feature of WIPCAT\u2122 is that it utilizes proprietary Spread-Spectrum Digital Beamforming (SSDBF\u2122) algorithms to produce highly-accurate beams over a wide bandwidth. Additionally, with SSDBF\u2122 multiple simultaneous beams may be formed in order to perform sensing or communications in multiple directions at the same time.<\/p>

WIPCAT\u2122 is also designed to be cost-effective from the get-go. We employ all commercial RF components, and the array is assembled using fully-automated assembly with minimum hand-labor. This allows the array to be manufactured in high volume using commercial assembly techniques. Additionally, our proprietary SSDBF\u2122 beamforming approach allows a significant reduction in the number of digital channels, thereby reducing both cost, weight and power compared to element-level digitization. Overall, WIPCAT\u2122 is an affordable, scalable wideband phased array with world-class performance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Applied Radar, Inc. has developed a Wideband Phased \/ Channelized Array Technology (WIPCAT\u2122) as part of a Phase III SBIR with the US Army C5ISR Center in Aberdeen, MD. WIPCAT\u2122 is a scalable wideband tile-based phased-array suitable for airborne and ground-based Multi-function Radar, Electronic Warfare (EW) and Communications. A prototype has been built and we… Read More »WIPCAT\u2122<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedradar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}