![The image above shows the 2024 interns: Mellanie Rodriguez (left), Drew Michaeli (middle), and Anna Wang (right).](/sites/default/files/styles/news_3_up/public/news/image/2024-09/Screenshot%202024-09-16%20at%205.04.39%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=a315c00a&itok=5JH-9Zxc)
![Our group applies expertise in microwave circuit design and fabrication to sensor and electronic warfare systems. Above is an integrated microwave frequency converter based on co-planar microstrip technology.](/sites/default/files/styles/ifde_hero/public/rdgroup/image/2018-04/IMG_6274_v2.jpg?h=929291f1&itok=3oU1y65H)
Advanced Concepts and Technologies
Our expertise is in developing radar, electronic warfare, and system-of-systems technologies for future integrated air and missile defense systems. We design highly digitized phased array radars, equipped with advanced signal processing and electronic protection, for the next generation of land, shipboard, and airborne sensors. Our staff help protect the nation's military platforms against missile threats by developing electronic attack technologies and techniques. We are also at the forefront of engagement and resource coordination research. We address all facets of new technology by developing system concepts, validating these concepts through modeling and simulation, designing hardware and software solutions for systems, and then developing prototypes that we field test.
Featured Projects
![A schematic of a burning building with firefighters, firetrucks, and uncrewed aerial vehicles on the scene. Arrows link between them, each within concentric circles, to signify a radio-frequency network.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2023-06/RF%20sensing%20firefighter%20schematic.jpg?itok=oV3yZBe_)
Radio-Based Navigation for Environments Without GPS
![A researcher stands on a laptop. In front of him are a few small radios, and a large projector screen showing data.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2022-05/LLDARt.png?itok=Q3-ogmJC)
Low-Cost Localization Using Distributed Adaptable-Response Transponders
![Strike Group Defender immerses users in realistic simulations to help them learn how to defend ships against missile threats in real life.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-03/SGD%20screen%20capture.jpg?h=d8149f7e&itok=lkKa8I2O)