The Russian Federal Research and Development Center NPP Polet, a subsidiary of the United Instrument Corporation, has developed an integrat...
The Russian Federal Research and Development Center NPP Polet, a subsidiary of the United Instrument Corporation, has developed an integrated antenna-feeder system for the 5th generation Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter.
The new systems significantly improve the quality of inflight communications and reduce the radar signature of aircraft by several times.
The new generation antenna-feeder system combine antennas for various kinds of transceiver equipment for communications, navigation, identification, etc, reducing the number of antennas and thus the radar signature.
Currently all subsystems in the T-50 have their own antennas, that significantly increases the radar signature as well as the cost and complexity of the system.
The feeder is embedded in the fuselage shell of the aircraft, which is protected by a radar-transparent coating that reduces wind resistance and the radar signature of the aircraft at the same time, said Alexey Komyakov NPP Polet CEO.
NPP Polet has also developed a new modular S-111 communication system, which can be equipped on any aircraft.
The system is capable of transmitting large amounts of information (voice, video, and data from transponders and surveillance cameras) over centimetric-band radar within a squadron of planes in real time and can achieve transmission speed up to 34.3 mb/s.
Testing of the S-111 system for the T-50 fighter is scheduled to be completed in 2015.
The system can be retrofitted on most Russian aircraft, including helicopters like Mi-28NM, Ka-50, Ka-52, Ka-62, and PSV, military transport aircraft like Il-76, Il-112, An-124, and PAK VTA, fighter and tactical aircraft like T-50, MiG-31, and Su-34, long-range strategic bombers aircraft like Tu-22M3M, Tu-160M, and PAK DA and different classes of aerial drones.
