Badger

Badger

Broad Area Deployable Ground Terminal Enabling Resilient Communication

Software-Defined Antenna Systems for Mission Operations

BADGER simplifies mission operations through agile, software defined antenna systems. As a deployable multi-beam, multi-band ground terminal enabling resilient operations, BADGER provides a modular and reconfigurable large form factor digital phased array solution for complex SATCOM, telemetry, and electronic warfare missions.

  • GEO/MEO/LEO
    GEO/MEO/LEO
    Orbital Regimes
  • L/S/C-Band
    L/S/C-Band
    Operational Frequencies
  • ±60 degrees
    ±60 degrees
    Scan Angle
  • 4/12
    4/12
    Simultaneous TX / RX
  • 25 MHz
    25 MHz
    Channel Bandwidth
  • Analog & Digital
    Analog & Digital
    Outputs
  • 40°F to +122°F
    -40ᵒC to +50ᵒC
    Operating Temperature Range
  • Deployable 20-Foot ISO Container
    Deployable 20-Foot ISO Container
    Installation

Key Features

MSDA™ Technology

AV’s proprietary digital beamforming technology–the Multi-band/beam Software Defined Antenna (MSDA) tile–achieves ideal channel bandwidth and operations frequency, flexible and extensible for various mission architectures.

Rapid Acquisition and Tracking

Broad Area Automated Acquisition (BA3) and Integrated Complex Mono-pulse Tracking (ICMT) systems quickly acquire and track targets.

Multi-mission Capabilities

Frequency Agile Operations (FAO) and software defined beam states and targets enable simultaneous mission support.

Multi-Band Operations

Features L/S/C-Band phased array with a 2-kilowatt equivalent spatial distributed high-power amplifier (HPA).

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