The current network of weather radars in the United States was installed in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. There are nearly 160 weather radars in the network. The radars are the NEXRAD WSR-88D ...

Phased array radar systems represent a transformative advancement in weather measurement, offering rapid electronic beam steering and high-resolution monitoring of meteorological phenomena. By ...

The SBX, shown here on a cargo vessel in Texas, practiced two days of "weather avoidance" when Hurricane Emily arrived in the Gulf of Mexico during 2005 testing. The range of the array inside the dome ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Doppler radar is an important tool ...

The FAA is starting to define concepts and requirements for a phased-array radar that could replace all the mechanically scanned terminal aircraft and weather surveillance radars now in use, some of ...

The Army Digital Array Radar (DAR) project’s goal is to demonstrate how wide-bandgap semiconductor technology, highly-integrated transceivers, and the ever-increasing capabilities of commercial ...

BOULDER, Colorado — When a tornadic supercell thunderstorm forms on the eastern plains of Colorado, meteorologists use a Doppler radar to get critical scans and analyze the storm’s dangerous potential ...

One limit to the use of phased array radars is the physical size of the arrays. Their large size prevents their use in collision avoidance systems in automobiles and other platforms that could benefit ...

There is fascinating technology behind the forecasts on your favorite weather app or Spectrum News weather broadcast. In recent articles, we highlighted the multi-billion dollar tech on weather ...

In a few years, Airliners like Airbus' A330-900 may fly with in-flight broadband internet made possible by top-fuselage mounted AESA antennas from CesiumAstro. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via ...