Recent Advances in Multifunction RF Systems

Gregory C. Tavik


Recent advances in electronics technology are enabling a new 
class of RF systems which can perform multiple user-defined 
software programmable tasks.  These new systems are referred 
to as multifunction RF systems and can perform a variety of 
functions including communications, radar, and electronic 
warfare functions and can be reconfigured based on need.  
Mr. Tavik will present a survey of current research and 
development efforts in the field of multifunction RF 
systems.  

Mr. Tavik will also provide a detailed discussion of the 
Navy’s Advanced Multifunction RF Concept (AMRFC) Test-Bed.  
The AMRFC Test-Bed is a technology demonstrator being 
developed by NRL and planned for testing at the Navy’s 
Chesapeake Bay Detachment facility.  The ARMFC Test-Bed will 
demonstrate that it is possible to perform EW, communications, 
and radar functions simultaneously with common RF apertures 
where this functionality is defined by software.

Greg Tavik is with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) where 
he is the Technical Director of the Navy’s Advanced 
Multi-Function RF Concepts (AMRFC) program funded by the 
Office of Naval Research.