Experts in satellite communications antenna technology
Cobham Technical Services is one of Europe's leading centres for the design, development and supply of antennas and RF sub-systems. It has experience in most types of antennas and application areas, including fixed and mobile satellite communications for military and commercial use, including:
- spaceborne antennas (shaped reflectors, array fed reflectors and arrays)
- ground terminal antennas (from 32m reflectors to small low-gain quadrifilar helices)
- airborne and missile antenna applications.
Cobham has an extensive theoretical capability that encompasses waveguide component simulations, horn and radome design and analysis, reflector synthesis and analysis, and system design. An extensive suite of software has also been developed, for the synthesis and analysis of linear, planar and cylindrical arrays (including slotted waveguide antennas) and the outputs have been carefully validated by comparison with experimental results.
Cobham Technical Services has delivered many contracts for the European Space Agency, British National Space Centre, UK MoD, INTELSAT, INMARSAT, EUTELSAT and system integrator companies worldwide. These contracts include feasibility studies, development of bread-board antennas for both space and ground segments, the supply of space-qualified and military hardware, and operational earth station antennas.
Cobham's range of high-performance 'Diamond' satellite reflector antennas and feed-chain components are used widely in satellite news-gathering (SNG) and military satcom applications. More recent product developments include innovative low-profile antenna systems for satellite communications 'on-the-move'.