Block diagram of a conventional radar system using a parabolic dish. In a phased array radar (PDF) system an array of antenna elements are used instead of the dish. These elements are phase ...

The near-$900 million structure, operated by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), is by far the largest phased-array radar system on ... to the right or left (see diagram, opposite).

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CesiumAstro, Inc., with support from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is accelerating radio frequency (RF) active phased array antenna ...

The National Science Foundation has awarded $91.8 million to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research to build a groundbreaking radar that could improve predictions of hurricanes and ...

The radar, known as airborne phased-array radar or APAR, would be mounted on aircraft and flown into storms, scanning hurricanes and other storms in all directions. Compared with the current ...

“The phased array radar can focus on a specific feature rather than to scan around and around and around in order to sample that feature,” Lee said. "So it allows you to capture a more ...

Carlis helped design an upgrade called Phased Array Radar, which can scan the sky and send data back to forecasters every 30 to 60 seconds, he said. The update time for the current technology is ...