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Modern combat aircraft have major parts of the
structure
used as antenna for more surface area. I propose
that we
attach to the outside of these aircraft, under the
skin,
plates of phased array antenna operating
thusly:
The plate would consist of many
pixels of
conductive metal
each pixel able to connect to or
disconnect from its neighbor by the control of a
central
computer. The central computer would decide the
most
efficient set of conducting surface area to connect
for the
current purpose: Different lengths, widths, depths,
and
locations would yield better results for different
purposes.
Efficient sending and receiving on an almost limitless
range of bandwidths would be possible.
Bonus:It
would also be possible to use the signals from these
pixels
to learn where around the aircraft the signal is
strongest
Bonus 2:The spread of a signal could be
more
easily detected and multiple sources easily
identified.
Bonus 3: many tiny antenna for
intelligence
gathering.
Bonus 4: large antenna for jamming
and/or
sending signals a long way.
Bonus 5: Signals could
be
sent from just the front or just the back of the
aircraft to
confuse incoming missiles.
Bonus 6: By sending
information to an offboard supercomputer genetic
algorithms could be used to design the perfect
configuration for a particular purpose at a particular
time.
Bonus 7: Easy spoofing of radar returns
A primitive version is discussed
http://ieeexplore.i...Farnumber%3D6256828
[Voice, May 30 2014]
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Excellent. I was going to comment on the fact that
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Interesting. A Field-Programmable Antenna Array. |
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