European Antennas - 250MHz to 40GHz Antennas for Military, Ground and Airborne Applications

European Antennas are specialists in the design and manufacture of microwave antennas within 250MHz to 40GHz, with all facilities based on one site in the UK. Designs include broadband antennas, ultra wide-band planar spiral antennas, multi-octave bicones, directional flat panel and sector antennas, and collinear omni-directional antennas.

Their antennas are used worldwide in defence, security, satellite and commercial industries for ground-based, UAV, airborne, Link16, point to point, point to multi-point, WiMAX, wireless LAN, fixed radio access, telemetry, mobile telecommunications, video, and datalink applications.

Antenna development projects are undertaken. Existing antenna designs can be customised. Advanced modelling tools are used prior to construction to enhance accuracy, and once built, prototypes are tested at the company's on-site spherical near-field test facility. Radiation pattern data ensures that antennas meet their quoted specification and ETSI radiation pattern envelopes. All antennas are tested throughout manufacture.

European Antennas has NQA ISO9001 registration for the UK, USA and Europe, and is part of the Cobham Antennas Group, a division of Cobham plc.

DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS FOR MILITARY - INCLUDING DATA RECEIVE STATIONS, X-BAND AND WEARABLE

Flat panel antennas with phased-array technology provide a slim, low profile with discreet appearance. They are rugged and fully sealed to withstand harsh weather conditions. Gains range from 7dBi to 32dBi, with sector beamwidths between 5° and 120°. Polarisation can be circular, linear or dual.

A fully sealed, high gain, 2.3GHz sector antenna was designed for use in a ground based data receive station deployed in harsh desert conditions.

An X-band (10.5GHz) vertically polarised, slim flat panel, with 28dBi gain, was designed to withstand a high level of shock, be easily deployed and is part of a large array.

BROADBAND ANTENNAS FOR MILITARY – INCLUDING DISCREET DESIGN, HIGH SPECIFICATION, A SWITCHABLE ARRAY

Our robust broadband antennas can be used for ground-based and airborne systems, ECM, ESM and DF, communication in tunnels, broad bandwidth for high-speed data links, target drones and spectrum monitoring.

A discreet broadband antenna with a high frequency range of 6GHz to 18GHz is just 2cm (1in) in diameter.

A high specification antenna with a range of 400MHz to 3GHz has been designed to handle 200W CW.

A switchable array provides a directional data link over the range 1.9GHz to 2.7GHz and has 6dBiC gain per sector with circular polarisation.

OMNI ANTENNAS FOR MILITARY - INCLUDING S-BAND, UAV, LINK16, VEHICLE MOUNTED

Our collinear omni antennas which have up to 10% bandwidth, provide up to 11dBi gain, whilst multi-octave bicones provide 2dBi gain. Circular polarisation, excellent azimuth ripple and customised elevation beam patterns combine to provide an accurate, reliable antenna for the most demanding of communication systems.

An S-band omni antenna for a telemetry-receive station optimises receive data from aircraft within a 120 mile radius and from 5,000ft to 50,000ft elevation.

Omni antennas with 4.4GHz to 5.0GHz are deployed on military vehicles and fixed installations to distribute data through a wireless LAN system.

GROUND SATCOMS AND SPACE ANTENNAS

Our antennas are on orbiting satellites including the UK-DMC satellite manufactured by Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL). We developed a portable remote antennas for the Inmarsat R-BGAN system. Other projects include rugged hemi-omni antennas for weather data collection platforms and combined L-band receive and GPS antennas for accurate positioning systems.

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