Review of the Joint Radome Programme

The Joint Radome Programme was formed in February 1993 to investigate and research the effects of lightning and static electricity on aircraft radomes and dielectric fairings.

Some preliminary results were presented at the Williamsberg Conference in 1995. Since then experiments have been completed that have recreated in the laboratory some of the features of in-flight failures; these have included both radome measles and punctures of radomes that had previously passed existing test methods. This paper gives an overview of some of the key results and the implications on test techniques.