Patent 12009568 was granted and assigned to Hrl Laboratories, Llc on June, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A thermal protection system includes: an outer skin; a thermally insulating material under the outer skin; and a high temperature radio frequency (RF) aperture. The RF aperture includes a plurality of waveguides separated from each other and extending through the outer skin and the thermally insulating material.