Inside XPAT, GTRI’s Cutting-Edge X-Band AESA Testbed

Dec 10, 2025

Maxwell Tannenbaum and Dante Dimenichi of ATAS give a behind-the-scenes look at XPAT, the X-band Polarization-Diverse AESA Testbed.

The latest episode of the Georgia Tech Research Podcast offers listeners a rare, behind-the-scenes look at XPAT through a conversation with the two researchers who led its development: Maxwell Tannenbaum and Dante Dimenichi of GTRI’s Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ATAS).

XPAT, the X-band Polarization-Diverse AESA Testbed, was named GTRI’s “Large Investment IRAD of the Year” earlier this year.

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