Astron Wireless Technologies was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the Department of Defense (DoD) for development of an ‘Adaptive Bandwidth High Power RF Antenna.’ The objective is to develop a universal approach to the design of very high power broadband antennas for the non-lethal utilization of RF energy.
This development and production of a prototype system is based on the Phase I development of a 10:1 bandwidth basic Log-conical antenna. Astron had previously developed a similar antenna operating above 1 GHz. During Phase II, the program will focus on creating a truly miniature high gain, high power antenna operating within the general operating band of up to 1000 MHz. The use of rotary joints will also be investigated.