CAES Radar Transponders are advanced augmentation devices designed to enhance the tracking capabilities of C-band and X-band radars on test ranges. Primarily utilized for range tracking and safety functions, these transponders are compatible with both manned and unmanned airborne and sea-going vehicles, including aircraft, missiles, space launch vehicles, sounding rockets, and drone targets. The MD50C-5 model exemplifies our commitment to precision and reliability in missile flight instrumentation, ensuring accurate tracking and safety in various operational environments.
The Integrated Telemetry Instrumentation Kit (iTIK) from CAES is a compact and lightweight flight instrumentation solution designed for both large and small flight test vehicles. This fully integrated system features a PCM Encoder and a Telemetry Transmitter, with optional GPS receiver and encryption modules, offering significant advantages in size, weight, and power (SWaP) compared to traditional telemetry components. The iTIK ensures guaranteed interoperability among system components, simplifying integration and providing maximum flexibility and scalability across various platforms. Additionally, it supports forward and backward compatibility with existing Flight Termination Systems and facilitates easy migration between tone-based and enhanced flight termination receivers (EFTRs), enhancing mission security while eliminating the need for cabling between components.
CAES Flight Termination Receivers/Decoders (FTR) are engineered for missile and target applications, offering both analog tone-based and advanced digital flight termination models. These devices comply with the rigorous standards set by RCC313 and RCC319, ensuring high reliability and performance in critical situations. Utilizing cutting-edge components and modern production techniques, the FTRs are designed to withstand stringent environmental conditions and electromagnetic interference (EMI), making them a robust choice for defense and aerospace applications.
The CAES Data Acquisition Devices, including the PCM890, are designed to deliver exceptional performance in the reception, signal conditioning, and encoding of various signals, making them ideal for use in missiles, airborne vehicles, and mobile ground-based testing. These systems are engineered for ease of operation and flexibility while ensuring ruggedization and compact packaging, which are crucial for demanding environments. The PCM890 specifically offers advanced data acquisition and PCM encoding capabilities, providing reliable and efficient solutions for critical applications across multiple platforms.
CAES offers a range of ruggedized, broadband transmitters designed for communications, electronic attack, and radar applications. These transmitters utilize advanced GaN-based Solid State Transmitter (SST) technology, delivering high power densities and frequency coverage up to W-Band. For electronic warfare (EW) and electronic attack (EA) missions, CAES provides pod-based solutions that integrate amplifiers, antennas, power supplies, control systems, and cooling subsystems, ensuring wide operating bandwidths and exceptional reliability. Additionally, CAES employs proprietary coherent power combining techniques to achieve output power exceeding 12 kW for both pulse and continuous wave operations, making them ideal for long-range communications and radar applications as well as space missions with integrated DC-to-DC converters and microprocessors.
CAES offers advanced signal conditioning and RF distribution solutions tailored for aerospace and defense applications, including electronic warfare, missile systems, radar, communications, and space markets. Our high-performance designs feature compact switch matrices that ensure high-speed switching, low insertion loss, minimal harmonic distortion, and excellent isolation. With capabilities such as large port counts, integrated antenna electronics, and options for narrowband and broadband solutions, CAES provides versatile configurations to meet diverse operational requirements. Our products also include multiple interface options and a high degree of frequency selectivity, making them ideal for demanding environments where reliability and performance are critical.
CAES Preselectors and Switch Filter Banks deliver cutting-edge performance with a focus on Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) optimization. Designed for applications in electronic warfare, missiles, radar, communications, and space, these systems feature low noise figures and high dynamic ranges, ensuring superior filter rejection and exceptional channel-to-channel isolation. The compact building blocks utilize innovative packaging techniques that enhance circuit density and thermal management while maintaining a lightweight profile. Key capabilities include single and multichannel configurations, strong signal survivability, precise phase matching, fast switching, and high isolation, making them ideal for demanding RF environments.
CAES designs and manufactures advanced solid state GaN-based power amplifiers, exemplified by the model 8508093-1 Wideband, High-Power RF Amplifier. These amplifiers offer exceptional power density, minimal size, weight, and power (SWaP), and industry-leading efficiency, making them ideal for integration into a wide array of aerospace and defense applications, including manned and unmanned aircraft, ground vehicles, and space systems. Key features include frequency coverage to Ka-Band, modular high-power amplifier (HPA) building blocks, and a low loss waveguide power combining technique that enables output power exceeding 12 kW for both pulse and continuous wave operation. Designed to replace traditional traveling wave tubes (TWTs), these GaN HEMT amplifiers enhance size, affordability, and reliability while supporting bandwidths greater than 10:1 with minimal signal loss. They are available in both commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom configurations to meet specific customer requirements.
CAES designs and manufactures custom Interferometer Arrays tailored for high-precision signal interception and direction-finding missions. As an expert in antennas and RF Front-End electronics, CAES offers turnkey solutions that integrate advanced RF technology with exceptional Angle of Arrival (AoA) accuracy. These ruggedized subassemblies are optimized for Size, Weight, Power, and Cost (SwaP-C), making them suitable for a wide range of platforms, including manned and unmanned aircraft, surface vessels, ground vehicles, and missiles. Key features include high-precision phase-based Short-Baseline Interferometry (SBI) for COMINT and ELINT applications, versatile 1-D and 2-D interferometry options, and customizable antenna solutions such as Horns, Spirals, and Sinuous designs to meet specific field-of-view, polarization, and sensitivity requirements. Additionally, the integrated RF Front-End components ensure low-noise performance with high channel isolation, enhancing overall system effectiveness.
The High Power Front-End Protection system from CAES is designed to enhance the reliability and performance of radar and communication systems by safeguarding critical components from high-power signals and electromagnetic interference. This advanced protection solution integrates seamlessly with various RF assemblies and subsystems, ensuring optimal functionality in demanding environments. Its robust design supports a wide range of applications, including missile flight instrumentation and telemetry, making it an essential component for military and aerospace operations. With a focus on precision and durability, the High Power Front-End Protection system is engineered to meet the rigorous standards required for modern defense technologies.
CAES Antenna Arrays are engineered to meet the rigorous demands of both defense and commercial sectors, leveraging decades of expertise in airborne applications. Our extensive product line includes flat plate and waveguide slot arrays specifically designed for weather radar functionality in commercial aircraft, as well as advanced solutions for military use. Our offerings feature narrow and wideband Active Electronically Scanned Arrays (AESAs) that provide high-speed beam steering, low sidelobes, and exceptional Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP). Additionally, we specialize in multimode arrays with integrated beamformers and polarizers, discrete aperture or microstrip-based designs, and interferometer arrays for precise direction-finding. CAES is committed to delivering custom antenna solutions that excel in performance and reliability, tailored to meet the most demanding operational requirements worldwide.
The CAES Dipole Antennas are designed for versatile communication applications across HF, VHF, and UHF frequency ranges. Available in multiple configurations, these antennas feature a frequency range from 0.5 to 40.0 GHz, with varying polarization types and gain levels. The A6434 model offers an omnidirectional beamwidth of 360° in azimuth and a compact size of 24.00 x 24.00 x 16.75 inches, making it ideal for broad coverage. The A6472 and A6473 models cater to higher frequencies with gains ranging from -5.0 to 5.0 dBi, ensuring reliable performance in diverse environments. Each antenna is engineered for durability and efficiency, suitable for both commercial and military communication systems.
CAES Conformal Antennas are advanced solutions designed to replicate the performance of traditional antennas while maintaining a sleek, flush profile against aircraft skins. Available in various shapes and sizes, these antennas cater to specific airframe requirements, ensuring optimal aerodynamic performance. They have become essential for modern military applications, including fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hypersonic systems, and conventional missiles. CAES's conformal antennas support multiple functions such as Altimeter, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), GPS, Missile Illumination, and Landing Aids. Additionally, they are engineered to withstand the harsh environments encountered by missiles and launch vehicles, offering GPS, Datalink, Flight Termination, and Telemetry capabilities in both discrete and wraparound configurations to meet diverse platform needs.
The CAES Blade antenna series offers a range of high-performance antennas designed for various frequency applications, including 136-174 MHz, 225-420 MHz, and 88-800 MHz. These antennas feature linear polarization and omnidirectional beamwidths of 360°, ensuring reliable signal coverage in all directions. With gain values ranging from -18 to 3 dBi, the Blade antennas are suitable for diverse communication needs. Their compact designs include stub sizes of 7.75 to 13.25 inches in height, making them ideal for installations where space is limited. Each model is engineered for durability and optimal performance across multiple frequency bands, ensuring robust connectivity in demanding environments.
