RF Military Electronics Featured Articles

  1. High IF Sampling Puts Wideband SDR Within Reach 5/23/2022

    Discover how advancements in data converter technology are revolutionizing wideband software-defined radio, enhancing EW and multiband radar capabilities while reducing size, weight, power, and cost.

  2. Noise-Generation Solutions Support The True Power Of DEWs 5/6/2022

    Directed-energy weapons (DEWs) have garnered significant interest from various military branches and research institutions due to a myriad of operational advantages over traditional defense systems.

  3. SDRs for Identification and Direction Finding of Enemy RF Emitters 4/26/2022

    Radio direction finding is a technology employed to locate a transmitter of interest. This technology is widely used to geolocate ships or aircraft, find illegal or interfering broadcasts, and detect enemy emitters. This article discusses how software-defined radios (SDRs) can be employed for spectrum monitoring, direction finding, and identification of signals of interest, often used in combination for EW operations.

  4. Talking MOSA At The TSOA-ID 4/25/2022

    At theTri-Service Open Architecture Technical Interchange Meeting and Expo (TSOA-ID), industry joined armed forces representatives to demonstrate the latest open architecture advancements, including Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), that promote interoperability, cost savings, and sustainment. 

  5. Ground Mobile/Fixed Site ELINT/ESM System: MFEL-5000 GSN 4/20/2022

    Survivability in any modern conflict will depend on the operational capability of a military to conduct operations in the face of a complex and fast changing Electromagnetic Environment (EME). The D-TA MFEL-5000 GSN ELINT system delivers timely and integrated ELINT data to ensure mission effectiveness.

  6. Why SOSA Is Driving The Future Course Of Embedded Military Electronics 4/12/2022

    Active participation in SOSA by the DoD, all three armed services, embedded industry vendors, universities, and research facilities offers evidence that SOSA is well on its way to setting the future course for embedded military electronics systems.

  7. Facts About Noise Figure In 5G And Defense Systems 12/10/2021

    System designers are always looking for simple solutions for their complex system designs. This article is a practical guide to reducing design complexity while meeting those tough noise figure requirements for 5G infrastructure, defense, and aerospace applications.

  8. Passive RF And Microwave Beamformer Networks 11/12/2021

    Early beamforming network designs for antennas were typically fixed-beam architectures, although newer configurations include complex adaptive beamforming networks. This brief presentation reviews the origins of the technology and offers several example circuit topologies of passive microwave beamformers.

  9. Amplifiers To Support SDRs 10/29/2021

    With the help of software-based transceiver architectures, military tactical radios are taking advantage of faster, more complex waveforms with new radios supporting modern modulations and communications protocols. 

  10. Fully Digital Beamforming For Emerging Military Applications 8/20/2021

    Initial large-scale active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs) aren’t as convenient as the operational frequencies for many military applications increase. But fully digital beamforming can bring many benefits to several emerging military applications, especially those in the electronic warfare (EW) space.