From DC to Daylight How Innovations in Microwave Absorbers Shield the Warfighter
- Magazine Article
- 20AERP09_05
- English
The evolution of military electronics is marked by an endless series of measures and countermeasures. The enemy meets an enhancement in U.S. fighter jet technology with an improvement in its missile-guidance capabilities, forcing additional innovations from the U.S. The never-ending effort to enhance the effectiveness of military technology and protect the warfighter on the battlefield propels forward innovation in the industry.
Today, there's a battle underway that is dramatically expanding the frequency ranges used by the military for communications - soldier-to-soldier, soldier-to-satellite, aircraft-to-ground, missile-to-target, and more. Whereas military electronics used to operate in a narrow band of frequencies, today, military design engineers must protect equipment from damaging signal interference and enemy detection at a wider range of frequencies than ever before including radar at frequencies as low as 100 MHz and as high as 95 GHz.