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3D CAD•3D CAD SOLVER MODEL
±0.001 mm CAD
Computational Verification
Primary SolverCST Studio Suite
Numerical MethodFDTD
Validation StatusSimulation only
Mesh Cell Count38 Million
Simulation Runtime6.8 Hours
Package Deliverables
- Touchstone .s1p
- Thermal RF heating simulation
- Far-field patterns
- Report PDF
Bilateral NDA Standard & Air-Gapped Compute
Custom installed studies and platform integrations are executed on dedicated on-premise compute nodes under bilateral mutual non-disclosure agreements.
CommunicationSimulation only
1.2 kW CW High-Power Axial Helical
High-power transmitter helix engineered for 1200 W continuous RF power handling across 20 to 500 MHz with integrated pressurized launcher.
Calibrated Solver Results
Band: 20 MHz – 500 MHzDetailed S-parameter sweep & 3D polar matrix available upon request package generation.
Antenna Specifications
- Operating Band
- 20 MHz – 500 MHz
- Antenna Geometry
- Heavy-gauge copper axial helical radiator in radome
- Peak Realized Gain
- 11.2 dBi
- Max VSWR
- 2.5:1
- Radiation Efficiency
- 91%
- Polarisation
- RHCP
- Target Platforms
- Fixed Site, Naval
- Mesh Model
- 38M cells
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