Airborne early warning system with retractable radome

Details Airborne early warning system with retractable radome Airborne early warning system with retractable radome

1983-09-06

1986-06-03

Lieberman, Eli

Communications: radio wave antennas

Antennas

With aircraft

2441181, 343872, H01Q 128

Patent

active

045932883

ABSTRACT:
A radar scanner unit for an airborne early warning system comprises an aerodynamic radome pod (1) pivotally mounted on a pylon (2) which is in turn pivotally mounted on a framework (19). The pod (1) can be retracted towards the framework (19) and the unit can be bodily fitted via a standard cargo loading aperture into the fuselage of an aircraft. In flight, the pod (1) can be deployed from and retracted into the aircraft fuselage via the cargo-loading aperture, doors (3) being arranged to fit round the pylon (2) when the pod (1) is deployed.

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International Defense Review, Jan. 1979, p. 115.

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