Patent ID: 8803759

Claim:
A phased array RADAR aperture assembly comprising: a RADAR aperture section supported on a plurality of support trusses arranged parallel to each other, each support truss having a top surface; the RADAR aperture section comprising: a plurality of RADAR modular aperture sections supported on the top surfaces of the plurality of support trusses, wherein each of the RADAR modular aperture sections comprises a modular column extending the length of the RADAR modular aperture sections and supporting the RADAR modular aperture section, wherein each of the modular columns is configured to connect to a modular column of another RADAR modular aperture section in an end-to-end connection, wherein the end-to-end connection is formed on the top surface of one of the plurality of support trusses and aligns two adjacent RADAR modular aperture sections with respect to each other and forms a seamless joint between the two adjacent RADAR modular aperture sections; the modular columns being arranged orthogonal to the support trusses and extending between two neighboring support trusses; and a plurality of connectors affixed to the top surface of each of the support trusses, the connectors being configured to form the end-to-end connection between two modular columns.