Electromagnetic characterization of airborne radome of fighter aircraft for Multimode Radar applications

The Multimode Radar (MMR) on a fighter aircraft is the primary sensor for fire control applications. It is generally located in the front portion i.e. nose cone of the fighter aircraft. Hence, part or full of the nose cone of the aircraft is to be made an RF power transparent radome for the purpose of MMR. Thus the radome plays a dual role i.e. a part of airframe for aerodynamic and structural purpose and part of radar for passing the RF power with minimum loss and disturbance.