Silver Link™ Conformal Antennas

Business Space and Mission Systems (Inc.)

With over 30 years of expertise in conformal antenna design and mass production, BAE Systems offers for sale the Silver Link™ line of modular, adaptable antennas to address the requirements demanded by the next generation of air dominance. We have internally invested to create a conformal product line that ensures any platform can meet the schedule, cost, and performance needed to deter our adversaries.

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Product Information

Silver Link™ antennas have been designed to be adaptable to meet modern outer mold lines, provide assured communications and sensing against modern threats, and be ready for rate manufacturing faster than ever before. This solution is catered to meet expedited schedules and cost parameters. 


Reliable Communication

Our unique and modular design has been engineered to retain the critical characteristics that modern airpower relies on for survivability and lethality while carefully balancing cost and manufacturability. We have leveraged decades of proven designs and manufacturing to create the perfect balance of reliability, performance, and cost without the need for expensive and lengthy design and prototyping periods. By balancing affordability and reliability, Silver Link™ offers a combination of performance, cost-effectiveness and low maintenance requirements, making it an ideal solution for autonomous platforms. 


Design and Integration

Designed to integrate seamlessly with any host platform, our conformal assured-comms antenna preserves aerodynamic and structural integrity in a range of shapes to meet platform curvatures. With decades of experience in designing and integrating high-performance apertures, we’ve developed a deep understanding of customer needs and stand ready to deliver quickly. 


Development and Deployment


Our modular design accelerates development, prototyping, and rate manufacturing enabling customers to move from concept to flight quickly and efficiently. With in-house manufacturing and mass production capabilities, we’re ready to scale with our customers to deter our adversaries in any theater.

 

Silver Link TM Typical Performance

  L-Band (Link 16) L-Band (IFF) GPS FRPA GPS CRPA Radar Altimeter TTNT
Frequency 969 - 1206 MHz 1030, 1090 MHz 1227/1575 MHz1 1227/1575 MHz1 4.2-4.4 GHz L & S Band
Size (in)
(no flange)		 8.3 x 8.0 x 1.0 8.3 x 8.0 x 1.0 5.0 x 4.0 x 1.2 11.2 x 10.4 x 1.1 3.5 x 3.2 x 1.1 7.5 x 7.0 x 1.0
Weight (lb) 2.9 2.9 1.5 8.0 1.3 2.3
Conformal Max Curvature2 (in)          1.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.8
Polarization Linear Linear RHCP RHCP Linear Linear
Peak RF Gain3 +3.9 dBi +3.5 dBi +1.0/ +2.5 dBi +1.0/ +2.3 dBi +10.0 dBi exceeds
10° elev3 -1.0 dBi +1.0 dBi -5.0/-5.0 dBic -5.0/-5.0 dBic N/A exceeds
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Connector TNC TNC TNC SMA TNC TNC
VSWR 2.2:1 2:1 2:1 2:1 2:1 2:1


Environments: 50,000 ft ASL;  -65°F to +180°F;  MIL-STD 810H Fig. 514.8E-1 tailored up to GRMS = 10.89

1 Includes M-Code bandwidth and includes filters/limiters.
2 Curvature can be flat to indicated as needed to match vehicle. Antenna matches vehicle OML to minimize aerodynamic drag.
3 Tested on 4' rolled edge ground plane.   Gain values shown are representative of installed platform performance. Peak gain will increase on larger test ground plane.
 
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