Gas Plasma Antenna Research Could Revolutionize Radar
by Anonymous

Media Release
May 30, 2003

Gas Plasma Antenna Research Could
Revolutionize Radar


Markland Receives Coverage from the Following:
Microwave Flash News Briefs

http://www.microwaveflash.com/newsflash.html

Ongoing US government funded research has the potential to revolutionize radar design concepts employed by the military, according to Markland Technologies whose top plasma physicists lead the efforts on behalf of all three US Military Services.

According to Markland, the research has demonstrated that this new antenna design concept offers unique advantages over traditional metal antennas, which hereto fore have not been found elsewhere in radar antenna design. These unique, demonstrated benefits of a gas plasma antenna make it very attractive in military applications such as: Naval Surface Ship and Submarine Radar, Stealth Aircraft Radar and Ballistic Missile Defense Radar Antennas.

These advantages include:

·    Stealth - When de-ionized, a plasma antenna will not backscatter radar waves nor will it absorb high power microwave radiation, which reduces the effects of electronic warfare counter measures.

·    Flexibility for numerous signal types - Dynamically re-configurable characteristics such as bandwidth, frequency, gain and directivity.

·    Portability for remote deployments - Much more compact and lightweight designs than those offered by conventional antenna designs.

·    Greater Efficiency - Significantly reduces ringing effects, which allow for improvements in short pulse radar performance.

Traditional radar antenna design in its most common form employs a conducting metal surface that is sized to emit radiation at one or more selected frequencies. A plasma antenna design employs ionized gas, which is contained within an enclosure. When the gas is electrically charged or ionized to a plasma state it becomes conductive allowing radio frequency signals to be transmitted or received.

Markland is actively pursuing a major Department of Defense contractor as a teaming partner to help accelerate adoption of the technology.











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