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Advanced Development Section

The Advanced Development Section in the Signal Exploitation and Geolocation Division provides research and development in the areas of antennas, subsystems, and electronic warfare support systems for small-to-medium aperture antenna array LF through HF direction finding (DF) and COMINT applications. The primary areas of focus are electromagnetically and physically challenging environments such as Navy surface ships, submarines, and building rooftops.

Computer-based numerical modeling provides significant improvement in the ability to accurately predict prototype antenna performance and to dramatically reduce the requirement for experimental testing.

  

A photograph of a warship is shown next to a computer model that is used to calculate the ship's electromagnetic response at various trial locations for communications antennas.

 

Computer-modeling accuracy is checked by comparing views of modeled antenna locations and photographs of actual shipboard installations.

A. Edwin Pevler, Manager

Technical strengths in the section include:

  • Acquisition and DF antennas and antenna arrays
     
  • Adaptive array processing
     
  • Antenna and signal propagation modeling
     
  • Cluttered site DF processing
     
  • Naval Structural Analysis

Division Publications

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November 03, 2008