One limit to the use of phased array radars is the physical size of the arrays. Their large size prevents their use in collision avoidance systems in automobiles and other platforms that could benefit ...

The SBX, shown here on a cargo vessel in Texas, practiced two days of "weather avoidance" when Hurricane Emily arrived in the Gulf of Mexico during 2005 testing. The range of the array inside the dome ...

Phased array radar systems represent a transformative advancement in weather measurement, offering rapid electronic beam steering and high-resolution monitoring of meteorological phenomena. By ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Doppler radar is an important tool ...

The Army Digital Array Radar (DAR) project’s goal is to demonstrate how wide-bandgap semiconductor technology, highly-integrated transceivers, and the ever-increasing capabilities of commercial ...

The current network of weather radars in the United States was installed in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. There are nearly 160 weather radars in the network. The radars are the NEXRAD WSR-88D ...

The Flexible Distributed Array Radar, or FlexDAR, combines digital beam forming, network coordination and precise time synchronization to perform multiple missions at the same time, with a single ...

The need for significant improvements in radar continues to be an ongoing concern for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the most impressive developments addressing this need is a high-resolution ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Doppler radar is vital to know what lurks in the clouds, and new technology is coming that will give us an even better view into the sky. Our eyes only tell us so much about the ...

This blog discusses several challenges behind developing mmWave radar systems for the next generation of smart cars and trucks and looks at new capabilities recently added to electronic design ...