The multifunctional antennas are designed to meet the harsh environmental conditions and limited space availability found on submarines. This is achieved by utilizing a unique stack array enclosed within a protecting fibre glass dome.
The antenna characteristics has been developed in such a way so that aircrafts can also operate in the airspace for data and voice communications next to ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore communications. In this way aircrafts e.g. AWACS act as relay stations to transfer radio signals. Although the dipole of the lizard has a primarily plane oriented radiation characteristic – up until an elevation angle of 60 degrees-, submarines can still track aircrafts up to an elevation angle of 90 degree. This guarantees complete coverage of the surrounding airspace in 360 degree horizontal level as well as in 180 degree vertical level. With this outstanding multifunction antenna capability Aeromaritime significantly extends the military communications for submarines by offering this unique capability.