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• Company profile

• UK Location

• Key Personnel

• Market application areas

• What we offer

• Capability

• Customers

• Facilities

• Applications & products

• Consultancy

• Benefits of working with Q-par Angus Ltd

• Established 1973

• Privately owned Ltd company

• Business: Design and manufacture of military and

commercial antennas

• Highly qualified personnel

• ISO 9001:2000

Company Profile

Q-par Angus Ltd

Baron Cross Laboratories,Leominster,Herefordshire,HR6 8RSUnited Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1568 612138Fax: +44 (0)1568 616373

Email: sales@q-par.comWebsite: : www.q-par.com

UK location

Key personnel

Managing Director / Microwave Engineer - Richard Holliday PhD., C.Eng., FIET, MIEEE.

Director and Company Secretary - Jennifer Holliday BA., CPhys., MInstP.

General Manager - Peter Moss OBE

Chief Engineer (Electronics and Systems) - Kenneth Goodman B.Eng.(Hons),C.Eng, MIET

Principal Scientist - Andrew Mackay Ph.D, BSc

Senior Microwave Engineer - Simon Davies BSc, C Eng, MIET.

Microwave Engineer - Paul Klasmann PhD, BSc, M.Eng (Hons), MIEEE.

Microwave Engineer - Janette Morgan B.Eng (Hons), MIET.

Microwave Engineer - Julian Robbins B.Eng. (Hons), I.Eng, MIET.

Senior Metallurgist - Christopher Hinsley BSc., CEng., MIM.

Technical Sales Manager - Marc Morris MA

Market application areas

• Military (Ground, sea, air)

Electronic warfare

Radar

Elint

EMC

• Commercial

Broadcast

Industrial

Environmental

Medical

EMC

What we offer

• Standard products

• Consultancy

• Bespoke components and systems

• Refurbishment work

• Antenna Design and Manufacture.

• Antenna Positioner Design and Manufacture.

• Microwave Systems.

For: RadarEW SystemsELINT Systems.

• Research, Development and Consultancy covering a wide

range of disciplines inc:

Defence Systems

Environmental Medical /Industrial

Company capabilities

Customers

UKMOD

Qinetiq

Home office

NATO

BAE Systems

EADS Astrium

EuropeEADS, Germany

Bosch, Germany

Indra, Spain

Aselsan, Turkey

Tubitak, Turkey

Thales, France

North AmericaNASA

Boeing

DRS (Canada)

Lockheed Martin

Naval Research Labs

FR Orbit (NGC)

Far EastADD, Korea

Hi-Intelligence, Taiwan

• Modern Premises.

• Microwave Design Software.

• Mechanical Design facilities.

• Engineering Workshop.

• Electronics Laboratory.

• Extensive Test Facilities:

• Outdoor Pattern Ranges

• Anechoic Chamber

Company Facilities

Test Chamber

Applications…

Daresbury Laboratory

EMMA accelerator ring

1.3 GHz wave guide distribution system and associated phase shifters

UAV Antenna

A400M

Skynet 5

Ship Based Jammer

Product Examples…..

All Weather Multi Antenna Positioners

Precise angular accuracy. Full sky coverage.High output torque.Interchangeable Antennas.Environmentally hardened construction.Modular COTS components for easy servicing.Full safety features.Fully compliant with UK safety requirements.

0.5 to 35 GHz in 5 antennas complete with Az/El positioner and polarisation switching

2 – 6 GHz Tx 2 – 18 GHz Rx 6 – 18 GHz Tx

ALL WEATHER POSITIONER

Typical Specification:

Movement, Azimuth +/- 190 degreesMovement, Elevation –15 to +90 degreesMovement, Polarisation 360 degreesVelocity, Azimuth 2.3 to 21.4 deg/Sec Velocity, Elevation 2.3 to 21.4 deg/SecAccuracy 0.02 degrees

Note: Shown with 1.8 M reflector

18-40GHz

0.5-18GHz

WIDEBAND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (0.5 – 40 GHz) • Currently employed by security forces.

• Theatre of Operation includes Iraq.

18 – 40 GHz Feed Horn

LNA

Transition

Covert 2 Axis Positioner

Vast Range of Horns & Bespoke Design

2 – 18 GHz Antenna

Linear Slant Polarisation

Cylindrical Parabola

Runway Debris Radar64 way beam forming matrix capable of forming 4 simultaneous beams. Manufacture of which was thought ‘not possible’ by UK MOD

Antenna Simulation Interface Units for Skynet 5a & 5b Satellites

High resolution dual fan beam antenna (94 GHz) capable of detecting very small objects at considerable distance. Rotator is accurate to 14 bits (0.022º).

Maritime FMCW Radar

Portable Positioner

2.0 – 18 GHzGain 13- 29 dBiBeamwidth 2 to 20 degreesVSWR 2.5:1

0.8 - 18 GHz Dual Polar Horn

Dual CP Antenna

Spiral Antenna

Presently development work includes:

• Flat Planar Dual Polar Log Periodic Antenna

• Flat Planar Single Polar Log Periodic Antenna

Covering 0.4 up to 40 GHz

High Power EMC Test SystemInterchangeable Horns include:-

400 MHz – 1 GHz Horn2 – 3 GHz Lens Horn3 – 4 GHz Lens Horn4 – 6 GHz Lens Horn6 – 8 GHz Lens Horn12 – 18 GHz Regular Horn

Ridge Waveguide to Coaxial Transition

Electric Field Plot Showing Resonance at 18 GHz

Resonance

COMPUTER SIMULATIONFilter Design

Graphical User Interface• Absolute position control, azimuth and elevation

• Acceleration control

• Velocity control

• Manual over ride

• Visual feedback of true position.

• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP allowing independent axis control of multiple positioners from single PC.

CONSULTANCYTeam of highly qualified microwave, electronic and software engineers.

Recent projects:

• High Power EMC Test Systems – Bespoke design and manufacture.

• Survey of actual radiation hazards and prediction of microwave radiation levels.

• Advice on narrow and ultra-broad-band microwave antennas for Surveillance and Radar.

• Materials Analysis and Measurement. (Microwave windows, radomes and structural components etc)

• Depth Measurement (The measurement of depth within containers of corrosive liquids, grain etc).

• Moisture Content. (Measuring on-line moisture content of various commercial products, such as soap).

• Microwave Heating.(Advised on, and supplied equipment for, microwave cooking in the food industry).

• Communications. (Analysis of customers communications requirements for task)

This list is not exhaustive!

Benefits of working with Q-par Angus Ltd

• Time to market or theatre of operations can be substantially reduced

• Talented team of engineers and scientists providing innovative technical solutions

• Lower technical risk

• One stop shop for antennas and complete sub-systems

• Quality products providing low long term cost of ownership

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