Block diagram of a conventional radar system using a parabolic dish. In a phased array radar (PDF) system an array of antenna elements are used instead of the dish. These elements are phase ...

The E-2C’s 24-foot revolving radar dish rotates at six rpm and can be retracted two feet to facilitate stowage aboard a carrier. The lift produced by the radar dish when the plane is in flight ...

The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio waves or microwaves that bounce off any object in their path. The object returns a tiny part of the wave's energy to a dish or antenna that is ...

Doppler radar is vital to know what lurks in the clouds. New technology is coming that will give us an even better view into ...