BAE Systems was granted a patent for radial slot antenna arrays.

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    "uspto_assignee": "BAE SYSTEMS PLC",
    "patent_abstract": "In some examples, a method for manufacturing a switching structure for a radial slot line antenna, RLSA, array using a single semiconductor wafer element, comprises forming a set of active switching devices within the wafer element, a position of each active switching device on the wafer element selected according to a predefined configuration representing a slot element layout for the RLSA array, and forming driving circuitry within the wafer element, the driving circuitry for individually addressing respective ones of the set of active switching devices, whereby to enable selected bias signals to be applied to the set of active switching devices.",
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