Defense & Security · Recorded milestone
Solid-state phased-array antennas
Recorded year1980
PAVE PAWS steers radar beams electronically from thousands of transistor modules, the basis of AESA radar, 5G and Starlink dishes.
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- RadarRecorded · 1935enables
- TransistorRecorded · 1947enables
- Stored-program computerRecorded · 1948requires
- Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958enables
Led to
- Iron Dome rocket defenceRecorded · 2011enables
- 5GRecorded · 2019enables
- LEO satellite internetRecorded · 2020enables
- Counter-drone shieldsRecorded · 2025enables
- Laser air defenceRecorded · 2025enables
- Satellite-to-phone serviceRecorded · 2025enables
- Microwave weapons against swarmsForecast · ~2027enables
- 6G networksForecast · ~2030enables
- Long-range wireless powerForecast · ~2030enables
- Space-based solar powerForecast · ~2031enables
- Space-based missile defenceForecast · ~2035enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.