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Dr. Sudakhar Rao

Technical expertise and engineering leadership in the areas of design, development, innovation, and test of antenna systems and payloads for communication satellites for commercial and military applications, advanced antennas for aircraft. missiles, and ground communications. Industry recognized expert with international reputation. Developed and successfully implemented novel and advanced antenna systems and payloads for more than 90 different satellite programs.
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Dr. Sudakhar Rao

RaoS Consultants LLC

Dr. Sudakhar Rao

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President & CEO

RaoS Consultants LLC

Sep 2022 – Present
  • Consulting on antenna system designs for satellites, deep-space, ground, air and vehicular communications.
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIIT DM Kancheepuram, Chennai from October 2023.
  • Member of School Research Board (SRB) at School of Electrical, Electronics and Communications
    Engineering at Vignan University, Vadlamudi, Guntur, India from November 2022.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Sep 2010 – Aug 2022

Design and development of antenna systems and payloads for spacecraft, aircraft and ground applications. Contributed as the technical authority to several satellite, aircraft and ground programs including WSCE-T, AEHF, Tranche 1, F-35 tail-cap antenna, UAVs, Protected Forward Communications (PFC) antennas such as pen-cap antenna, Bunker antenna, Ku-band phased array, quad-band petal reflector antenna, Sentinel (GBSD), AFRL’s multi-band antenna etc.
Lockheed Martin
Dec 2003 – Sep 2010
Technical responsibility for the design, development, and test of payload antennas for commercial and military satellites. Developed several innovations leading to advanced antennas for hybrid payloads, multiple beam payloads, and high power test methods.
Boeing Satellite Systems
Aug 1996 – Dec 2003
Developed advanced concepts and associated hardware for several satellite programs such as Wideband Global Satellite (WGS), DirecTV-4S, Anik-F, Thuraya, NSS-8 etc. Pioneered multiple beam antenna technology for personal communications satellites.
Spar Aerospace Limited (now MDA), Canada
Aug 1983 – Aug 1996
Technical responsibility for all proposals, programs, and internal IRAD. Developed new antenna technologies and test facilities.
University of Manitoba
Jul 1982 – Aug 1983
Worked on low sidelobe antennas and phase center analysis of reflector antenna feeds.
University of Trondheim
Mar 1981 – Jun 1982
Developed compact feed for radio-astronomy antennas. Worked on the application of GTD methods to practical problems.

Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE)

Jan 1980 – Mar 1981
Developed X-band phased array for an air-borne radar.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Sep 1977 – Dec 1979
Developed dual-frequency feed systems (C and X-bands) for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) while working for the Ph. D at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)
Aug 1976 – Sep 1977
Responsible for the design, test, and delivery of large reflector antennas for line-of-sight (LOS) and tropospheric (TROPO) communbications.
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