Aircraft fuselage conformal phased arrays sustaining multi-gigabit air-to-ground communications while imaging runway foreign object debris (FOD).
AerospaceISAC integrates flush-mounted patch antenna arrays along the aircraft fuselage. Dynamic phase shifters steer pencil beams toward ground stations at 1,000 km/h cruising speeds, maintaining continuous gigabit links.
During final approach and touchdown, the nose radar transitions a fraction of its RF power to 94 GHz mmWave imaging, detecting metallic debris down to 2 cm on the tarmac from 2 kilometers away.