UNICORN radar antenna proof-of-concept success
Company: Applied Digital
The claim, verbatim
UNICORN™ airborne radar antenna component achieved successful proof-of-principle test with detections comparing well to GPS measurements
Source (primary)
Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2006-09-14 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “a successful proof-of-principle test of the radar antenna components”
How we checked this
Checked on September 30, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The letter describes a successful proof-of-principle test of the UNICORN™ radar antenna at Georgia Tech Research Institute. It states that the radar detections compared well to on-board GPS measurements.
Confirmed in the source:
- The UNICORN™ airborne radar antenna components completed a successful proof-of-principle test
- Detections by the UNICORN™ radar compared well to GPS measurements taken on board the test aircraft
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144879/000114487906000041/flst_proxy-092006.htm) in full (73,686 characters, retrieved September 27, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital DEF 14A filed 2006-09-14
Quote: “a successful proof-of-principle test of the radar antenna components”