Military Radar Applications
The military uses rotary joints in a large number of diverse radar applications:
- flight control
- anti-aircraft
- tracking
- battlefield
- border surveillance
- aircraft on-board
- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
- ships, submarine
Several other fields of use exist also, each of them with specific, extremely demanding requirements on the rotary joint. Virtually all applications need 360 degree space surveillance in continuous rotation, thus making the rotary joint an indispensable key component of such systems. All forces, the army, navy and air force alike, rely equally much on radar systems.
Rotary joints for military use are among the most complex and demanding rotary joints developed by SPINNER. Before they are manufactured in series and used by the military, our rotary joints have to go through long and difficult qualification programs and field tests, as well as having to meet extremely strict standards. The military demands very much in terms of durability, reliability and low maintanance, and SPINNER rotary joints always meet the expectations without any problems. They do so, although the technical specifications for the products are extremely exacting in the military field. So it has already been the standard requirement for quite some time already to integrate RF rotary joints with optical rotary joints as well as slip rings for power and signal transmission. Since there is a growing trend to relocate the amplifier modules towards the antenna the standard range of features today also includes media lines for air or coolant.
Close cooperation with the company Schleifring und Apparatebau allows SPINNER to offer what are probably the best and most compact solutions in the military field.