Objective "Radar is an essential tool for air traffic control and safety. Government agencies are pressuring the industry to produce systems that can monitor broader areas of the sky simultaneously and offer images with higher resolution and precision. The purpose is to enhance passenger safety and improve traffic control within their countries. All technological improvements made to radar are particularly affected by a structure called “radome”, which must be installed around the radar installation in order to protect it. “Radome” is a contraction of the two English words ""radar"" and ""dome"". It is therefore clear that it provides special protection of the antenna, whatever its type, but must cause minimal attenuation of the EM signal, both transmitted and received. For this reason, the trend is to build radomes that are as thin as possible, and are also self-supporting; i.e. without using metal supports that distort the signal. This creates a problem when designing the radome: on the one hand, it must be as electromagnetically transparent as possible; on the other, the entire structure must be sufficiently sturdy. Radar manufacturers plan to market antennas for civil air traffic control that operate at much higher frequencies than those currently used, since the former provide the higher resolution required. This type of antenna is already available; however, it cannot be used for air traffic control because the structure that covers it causes signal losses that are intolerable in this application. Thanks to a multidisciplinary approach employing new materials, nanotechnology and advanced simulation technologies, our project will launch on the civil air traffic control market an innovative, spherical, self-supporting radome that can operate at 26 GHz. By overcoming the current limitations of radomes, we will make an important contribution to the diffusion of new, high-frequency radar equipment and therefore to increasing air traffic safety and efficiency. " Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologyengineering and technologynanotechnologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradarsocial sciencessocial geographytransportnavigation systems Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SMEInst-10-2016-2017 - Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator FDS ITALY S.R.L. Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address VIA A. GASPERI 176 73030 TIGGIANO (LE) Italy See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Sud Puglia Lecce Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
