Measurement Probes and Feeds

Bolt-On Scanner

To avoid the need for facility transport, MVG has created an advanced solution: the Bolt-on-Scanner. This modular, portable system brings fast, lightweight, and accurate active phased array calibration directly to the field. This approach transforms a previously high-risk, heavy-logistics event into a routine in-situ maintenance task, ensuring that measurement accuracy does not come at the expense of asset availability.

Key Benefits

  • Maximized Mission Readiness (Uptime)
  • Tactical Agility
  • Drastically Reduce Logistical Costs 
  • Risk Mitigation

Applications

  • Active phased array calibration on the field
  • Pulsed and continuous wave testing

Technology

  • Near-field / Planar

Features

  • X-axis travel: Configurable to antenna dimensions
  • Y-axis travel: Configurable to antenna dimensions
  • Z-axis: Configurable to frequency needs
  • Roll axis: ± 90 deg
  • Repeatability: 0.05 mm
  • Accuracy: 0.5 mm RMS
  • Side rails for the x-axis can be installed as a permanent integral part of the radar’s structure
  • Planarity: 0.2 mm
  • Scan Speed: 100 mm/sec