Multi-band aperture for high-speed vehicle
AssigneeTextron Systems Corporation
InventorsMichael Robert Favaloro, James Gerard Crowley, Kenna Lynn Biddle
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Abstract
A dual-band aperture for a high-speed vehicle includes a substrate composed of a radiofrequency (RF)-transparent material. The substrate has an inner surface arranged to face an internal region of the vehicle and an outer surface arranged to face an environment outside the vehicle. The dual-band aperture further includes multiple, spaced-apart rods composed of an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR)-transparent material. The rods extend through the substrate between the inner surface and the outer surface to provide EO/IR paths through which the environment outside the vehicle can be imaged.
Claims20
A dual-band aperture for a high-speed vehicle, comprising:
- a substrate composed of a radiofrequency (RF)-transparent material, the substrate having an inner surface arranged to face an internal region of the vehicle and an outer surface arranged to face an environment outside the vehicle;
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- multiple, spaced-apart rods composed of an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR)-transparent material, the rods extending through the substrate between the inner surface and the outer surface to provide EO/IR paths through which the environment outside the vehicle can be imaged.
A high-speed vehicle, comprising:
- a nose cone having a dual-band aperture for enabling instrumentation within the nose cone to sense an environment outside the vehicle, the dual-band aperture including:
- a substrate composed of a radiofrequency (RF)-transparent material, the substrate having an inner surface arranged to face an internal region of the vehicle and an outer surface arranged to face the environment outside the vehicle;
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- multiple, spaced-apart rods composed of an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR)-transparent material, the rods extending through the substrate between the inner surface and the outer surface to provide EO/IR paths through which the environment outside the vehicle can be imaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.