Past Projects

	ENCAPSULATED ANTENNA FOR AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS. USD encapsulated a UHF SATCOM antenna for aircraft use. The ultimate customer was the US Army for use on a helicopter.		LOW PROFILE AIRCRAFT ANTENNAS AND RADOMES. USD worked on the miniaturization and consolidation of half a dozen different aircraft antennas, and housing the ensemble of antennas in a low profile radome. The goal was to reduce aerodynamic drag and increase fuel efficiency.
	UAV SATCOM, COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR RADOMES. USD designed various composite radomes which went into production. The designs considered placement on the aircraft, wall details and materials.		RF MATERIAL TRANSPARENCY FOR TELECOM APPLICATIONS. USD evaluated RF transparency of various dielcetric composite schedules for telecom applications.
	MMW MISSILE GUIDANCE SYSTEM. USD performed missile guidance analysis for a single plane monopulse spinning missile seeker, taking the antenna and radome effect into account.		EXTREMELY BROADBAND RADOMES. USD has invented radome wall concepts exhibiting more than five decades of bandwidth. There are widespread military and commercial applications. Research is ongoing and the Company plans to file patent applications.
	UAV COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND LINK. USD has performed a digital communications system analysis. Signal budgets performed considered different digital modulations, weather, power levels and the resulting BER.		MULTIPLE BAND-PASS RADOMES. USD researched techniques to obtain multiple-frequency bandpass performance. This would allow aircraft to accommodate multiple sensors simultaneously with a common radome.
	STRIKE WEAPON RADOME R&D. USD performed electrical design and performance analysis of a radome fabricated from a new low weight high strength ceramic capable of hypersonic performance.		RF TRANSPARENT BUILDINGS TO HOUSE SATCOM OR TELECOM ANTENNAS. USD has evaluated loss and other effects of a plastic building on enclosed telecom and SATCOM antennas. Wall and frame construction details and were traded off for best performance.
	MARITIME SATCOM RADOME DESIGN. USD analyzed high performance low cost concepts. Materials and wall designs were traded off, as well as production effects resulting from poor manufacturing tolerances.		RED TEAM PROPOSAL REVIEW FOR A MAJOR DEFENSE COMPANY. USD was a team member along with top corporate management reviewing and recommending changes to a major defense proposal to the USAF.