CROWN PADR Project

CROWN will lay the foundation for designing and building a next-generation multifunction radiofrequency (RF) system based on Active Electronically Scanned Arrays (AESA) technology for a broad range of applications, to become available in several military domains within the next decade. The project makes a significant contribution towards building European industrial defense capability and ensuring industrial independence. The planned activities include R&D assessment and recommendations on critical technologies, R&T activities on system and component level as well as designing, manufacturing and testing of a small-scale prototype. CROWN - European active electronically scanned array with Combined Radar, cOmmunications, and electronic Warfare fuNctions for military applications - brings together 11 leading industry members, research centres and an SME from 7 EU countries: Indra (Spain), Thales (France), Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales - ONERA (France), Hensoldt Sensors (Germany), Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques - FHR (Germany), Saab (Sweden), Totalforsvarets Forskningsinstitut - FOI (Sweden) Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek - TNO (Netherlands), Leonardo (Italy), Elettronica (Italy) and Baltic Institute of Advanced Technology - BPTI (Lithuania). CROWN Project has received funding from the European Union’s Preparatory Action on Defence Research under grant agreement No 882407. This presentation reflects only the author’s view. The European Defence Agency and the Commission are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.