An antenna system configured to facilitate narrowband and wideband radio frequency, RF, communications of a rotary aircraft, the aircraft including a first central rotary hub and a plurality of rotor blades connected to the first central rotary hub , and a second rotary hub and a plurality of secondary rotor blades connected to the second rotary hub , the antenna system comprising: a RF front-end that includes a plurality of RF components structured to transmit and receive RF communications as electromagnetic waves into three-dimensional space, wherein the plurality of RF components are configured to form parts of at least one of said rotor blades and one of said secondary rotor blades , and wherein at least some of said RF components are of differing types such that the at least one rotor blade and the at least one secondary rotor blade include multiple different types of RF components; a RF back-end configured to connect to the RF front-end via the rotary hubs ; wherein the differing types of RF components are configured to be embedded within an internal portion of the at least one rotor blade and the at least one secondary rotor blade, and the differing types of RF components include: one or more antenna arrays , each comprising one or more corresponding antenna elements, and one or more RF amplifiers, whereby the RF components are such that the at least one rotor blade and the at least one secondary rotor blade include at least one antenna array and at least one RF amplifier, the RF front-end being configured to provide a diversity of RF communication links including a first communication link using the RF components of the at least one rotor blades and a second communication link using the RF components of the at least one secondary rotor blades . a RF front-end that includes a plurality of RF components structured to transmit and receive RF communications as electromagnetic waves into three-dimensional space, wherein the plurality of RF components are configured to form parts of at least one of said rotor blades and one of said secondary rotor blades , and wherein at least some of said RF components are of differing types such that the at least one rotor blade and the at least one secondary rotor blade include multiple different types of RF components; a RF back-end configured to connect to the RF front-end via the rotary hubs ; wherein the differing types of RF components are configured to be embedded within an internal portion of the at least one rotor blade and the at least one secondary rotor blade, and the differing types of RF components include: one or more antenna arrays , each comprising one or more corresponding antenna elements, and one or more RF amplifiers, one or more antenna arrays , each comprising one or more corresponding antenna elements, and one or more RF amplifiers, whereby the RF components are such that the at least one rotor blade and the at least one secondary rotor blade include at least one antenna array and at least one RF amplifier, the RF front-end being configured to provide a diversity of RF communication links including a first communication link using the RF components of the at least one rotor blades and a second communication link using the RF components of the at least one secondary rotor blades . <EOS>