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Contents
• 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: [email protected]: : 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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