Communication Technologies in the RF Domain Syntonics’ wireless technology and antenna projects address a range of defense and industrial applications with strong commercial potential.
Syntonics’ PaWS™ passive wireless sensor technology enables valuable new measurements — such as strain, torque, temperature, corrosion, or pressure — in hostile and challenging environments including turbines, rotating or reciprocating machinery, pipelines, and reaction vessels.
Syntonics’ Pixel-Addressable Reconfigurable Conformal Antenna (PARCA) Software-Defined Antenna™ is a conformal, reconfigurable, electronically pointed phased array antenna technology that can support SATCOM, EW, SIGINT and COMINT applications up to 44 GHz.
Staring Projectile Detection Radar (SPiDR) uses stealthy ultra wideband “noise” radar to detect incoming and near-miss projectiles ranging from slow RPGs to fast rifle bullets. SPiDR operates without a detectable electronic signature.
FSS Antenna System Pack more communications capability into less footprint
Syntonics’ patented frequency selective surface (FSS) antenna system packs more communications capability into less footprint for satcom-on-the-move, transportable, and shipboard satellite terminals.
Partial List of R&D Sponsors:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and
Engineering Center (CERDEC)
Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF)
DoD Technical Support Working Group (TSWG)
DoD Central Command (CENTCOM)
Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS)
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD)
Naval Surface Warfare Command (NSWC) Carderock
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport
The Army is using "RF-over-fiber” technology with both heritage and new radios to implement an aerial layer of aerostat-based communications in Afghanistan. Other applications of the same technology can decrease the risk of electronic detection of command posts (CP); reduce the threat to communication personnel and costly radio/crypto equipment; decrease CP set-up time; enable radio-antenna configurations that are otherwise impossible; and lower maintenance response times. The physics of relevant electro-optic components are introduced. System building blocks are introduced (e.g., lasers; detectors; optical fibers, connectors, circulators, splitters, amplifiers). System design examples are presented for specific tactical radios. The tutorial concludes with a discussion of system design issues for an aerial layer of communications relays.
Enabling valuable new measurements in hostile and challenging environments.
Stealthy, speed-of-light detection of incoming fire
Pack more communications capability into less footprint