MI Technologies Commissions Radome Measurement Facility for Chelton Applied Composites

December 16, 2004

MI Technologies Commissions Radome Measurement Facility for Chelton Applied Composites

ATLANTA: MI Technologies announced today it has completed installation of a state-of-the-art Radome Measurement Facility for Chelton Applied Composites in Linkoping, Sweden. The new facility is one of the most advanced radome test and measurement facilities in the world.

Chelton Applied Composites (CAC) is a Chelton Group Company that specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced composite components. CAC has been a leading supplier of high performance radomes for fighter aircraft since the 1950s. With new advances in radar technologies, Chelton needed a state-of-the-art radome test system to ensure that their products are capable of delivering the precision pointing accuracies that are required for leading-edge defense radar applications.

John Wilber, MI Technologies’ Senior Vice President of Aerospace and Government Programs, said, “Precision and accuracy coupled with automated testing in a production environment were the primary goals for this project. To meet this challenge, MI Technologies’ delivered a turnkey compact range utilizing its MI-2097 Automated Microwave Measurement System with an eight-axis automated positioning system capable of manipulating and controlling test objects to pointing accuracies that exceed 0.1 mil rads (0.0057 degrees). The MI-5706 reflector enabled Chelton to perform these measurements indoors, with minimal allocation of facility floor space.”

MI Technologies, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, delivers engineering solutions and advanced products, systems and software to address a wide range of technical applications where precise measurement, control or data acquisition is required. For more than 50 years the business has been a leading supplier of products, instruments, systems and services for RF and Microwave antenna, radome, radar cross section and component test and measurement applications. MI Technologies’ automated test and measurement systems are used to evaluate wireless and satellite communication systems, telematics, radome, RCS and microwave component characteristics.