{"683123":{"#nid":"683123","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Antenna Testbed Will Help Boost Training for Military Aircrews","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERadar systems using active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology are playing increasingly critical roles today, protecting warfighters and civilians alike as part of air and missile defense systems. These systems are also critical tools on modern test and training ranges, allowing aircrews to train against accurate simulations of the real-world threats they may face.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo accelerate modernization of these systems, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a novel system known as XPAT (X-band polarization-diverse AESA testbed). The system was developed for operation in airborne and ground-based applications that must be reconfigurable to meet a variety of mission requirements.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow being tested in GTRI antenna ranges, XPAT includes advances such as state-of-the-art transmit-receive modules and patent-pending cold plates that are optimized to reduce thermal variances between electronic components. XPAT is designed to serve as a building block for future phased array radars in a variety of sizes and shapes, while allowing ease of assembly and maintenance using specialized interfaces for power, control, cooling, and radio frequency connections.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/gtri-develops-new-polarization-diverse-x-band-aesa-testbed\u0022\u003ERead more in the GTRI newsroom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERadar systems using active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology are playing increasingly critical roles today, protecting warfighters and civilians alike as part of air and missile defense systems. These systems are also critical tools on modern test and training ranges, allowing aircrews to train against accurate simulations of the real-world threats they may face.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"XPAT will accelerate modernization of active electronically scanned array (AESA) systems in airborne and ground uses."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2025-07-14 17:31:51","changed_gmt":"2025-07-14 17:40:18","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677409":{"id":"677409","type":"image","title":"Custom tools used to secure a subarray GTRI Senior Research Engineer Maxwell Tannenbaum demonstrates custom tooling used to secure a subarray in a GTRI testing facility.","body":null,"created":"1752513896","gmt_created":"2025-07-14 17:24:56","changed":"1752514096","gmt_changed":"2025-07-14 17:28:16","alt":"Researcher installing XPAT system in a test chamber","file":{"fid":"261304","name":"xpat-29.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/14\/xpat-29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/14\/xpat-29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2316318,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/07\/14\/xpat-29.jpg?itok=MNghMHHy"}}},"media_ids":["677409"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193653","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EContact: gtri.media@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["gtri.media@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}