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The Most Multi-band Radomes in Flight

General Dynamics has produced tens of thousands of radomes for more than 25 military aircraft platforms and pods in the areas of Airlift, Bomber, Cargo, Electronic Warfare, Fighter, Reconnaissance and Strike.

In The News: General Dynamics Bruce Rush Discusses The F-16 Wide Band Radome's Function, Capabilities & Design

Watch Bruce Rush, program manager at General Dynamics, discuss what the F-16 Wide Band Radome does and what sets it apart from its predecessors.

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General Dynamics produces fire control nose radomes for a majority of the US military fixed wing fighter and strike aircraft including wideband radomes for the most advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar systems. Other military applications include data link, electronic counter-measures, electronic warfare, SatCom and other specialized uses.

Key Capabilities:

Electrical (RF) design/analysis
Structural design/analysis
Lightning direct effects protection
Mechanical design
Tool design
Material and process engineering
High precision machining
Radio frequency (RF) testing
Non-destructive testing (NDT)
Repair

Radome Qualification Experience

Material Allowables
Static Loads
Mechanical Shock & Vibration
Fatigue
Bird Strike
Low Velocity Impact Damage (LVID)
Fluids Resistance
Environmental Qualification
Rain Impact/Erosion
Lightning Protection
Electrical (RF) Performance
Supplemental Type Certification

Facilities

Approximately one million square feet of manufacturing space in Marion, Virginia n Indoor and outdoor RF test ranges
Large autoclaves (up to 10 feet in diameter and 50 feet in length)
FAA Repair Station Certification Number VQBR980L

Platform/Radome Examples

Fighter/Attack
- F-35
- F/A-18
- F-16
- F-15
- F-20
- F-14
- F-5
- F-4
- F-111
- AV-8B
- A-4
- Mirage III
- L-159
Bomber
- B-1B
Cargo
- C-130
- C-17
- C-5
Electronic Warfare
- EA-18G
- EA-6B
- Next Gen Jammer Pod
- AN/ALQ-99 Pod
Reconnaissance
- SR-71
- RQ-4
Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2)
- E-10

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General Dynamics produces fire control nose radomes for a majority of the US military fixed wing fighter and strike aircraft including wideband radomes for the most advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar systems. Other military applications include data link, electronic counter-measures, electronic warfare, SatCom and other specialized uses.

Key Capabilities:
- Electrical (RF) design/analysis
- Structural design/analysis
- Lightning direct effects protection
- Mechanical design
- Tool design
- Material and process engineering
- High precision machining
- Radio frequency (RF) testing
- Non-destructive testing (NDT)
- Repair
Radome Qualification Experience
- Material Allowables
- Static Loads
- Mechanical Shock & Vibration
- Fatigue
- Bird Strike
- Low Velocity Impact Damage (LVID)
- Fluids Resistance
- Environmental Qualification
- Rain Impact/Erosion
- Lightning Protection
- Electrical (RF) Performance
- Supplemental Type Certification
Facilities
- Approximately one million square feet of manufacturing space in Marion, Virginia n Indoor and outdoor RF test ranges
- Large autoclaves (up to 10 feet in diameter and 50 feet in length)
- FAA Repair Station Certification Number VQBR980L
Platform/Radome Examples
- Fighter/Attack
  - F-35
  - F/A-18
  - F-16
  - F-15
  - F-20
  - F-14
  - F-5
  - F-4
  - F-111
  - AV-8B
  - A-4
  - Mirage III
  - L-159
- Bomber
  - B-1B
- Cargo
  - C-130
  - C-17
  - C-5
- Electronic Warfare
  - EA-18G
  - EA-6B
  - Next Gen Jammer Pod
  - AN/ALQ-99 Pod
- Reconnaissance
  - SR-71
  - RQ-4
- Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2)
  - E-10
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Military Aircraft Radomes

The Most Multi-band Radomes in Flight

In The News: General Dynamics Bruce Rush Discusses The F-16 Wide Band Radome's Function, Capabilities & Design

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