Ground Based Phased Array Telemetry Antenna (gPATMA) System Integration at the Point Mugu Sea Range (PMSR)

Abstract

Efforts have been underway to add phased array telemetry (TM) antenna capability to the Point Mugu Sea Range (PMSR) to support Guided Missile Destroyer testing. This will fill a significant TM data collection capacity gap and increase the ability to receive TM data from a high number of airborne platforms (missiles, targets, and aircraft). This will also augment the existing use of parabolic dish antennas. Past conference presentations have detailed the efforts to establish the infrastructure needed to support these systems at San Nicholas Island (SNI) located in PMSR. This paper will detail the latest effort to integrate the ground-based Phased Array TM Antenna (gPATMA) Systems into PMSR at SNI.