44th ESA Antenna Workshop

Sponsors

VDI manufactures state-of-the-art test and measurement equipment for mm-wave and THz applications. These products include Vector Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer and Signal Generator Extension Modules that extend the capability of high performance microwave measurement tools to higher frequencies.

VDI's component products include detectors, mixers, frequency multipliers and custom systems for reliable operation at frequencies between 50 GHz and 2 THz. All VDI components include in-house fabricated GaAs Schottky diodes and microelectronic filter structures.Website

Link: https://www.vadiodes.com/en/

Thomas Keating Ltd has a 80-year history of design and manufacture of structures for the Space, Aerospace, scientific instruments, motor sport, and tool-making industries.

Current customers include NASA, Airbus, ESA (European Space Agency), and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), as well as universities/government laboratories in the Far East, Europe, and the Americas. All under one roof, ‘TK’s in-house mechanical design team interacts both with clients and internal PhD-qualified project scientists, as well as their highly-skilled toolmakers and machinists in the extensive precision machine shop.

Website Link: https://www.terahertz.co.uk/

Northern Waves specializes in the design, development, and additive manufacturing of advanced microwave and antenna components.

The company combines RF engineering, Design for Additive Manufacturing, and metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) to deliver high-performance, lightweight, and monolithic components for space, defence, telecommunications, automotive radar, and 5G/6G applications.

Northern Waves supports customers from early-stage concept and electromagnetic design to manufacturing, post-processing, and RF testing. Its technology enables complex geometries that are difficult or impossible to manufacture with conventional methods, reducing assembly complexity, improving alignment, minimizing leakage, and shortening lead times.

Website Link: https://northern-waves.com/

TICRA is the world's leading supplier of antenna modeling software for antenna industries, including spacecraft manufacturers and space agencies, earth-station antenna suppliers, defence industries and research institutions.

With more than 50 years of experience in developing trusted solutions for the space industry, TICRA provides highly accurate EM simulation software for reflector antennas and related feed systems, quasi-periodic surfaces, platform scattering as well as for antenna measurements. Our expert engineers are available to customers through software support and consultancy services.

Website Link: Antenna Modelling and RF Simulation Software | TICRA

Glenair is a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge connector technologies including both Mil-Spec qualified as well as commercial circular and rectangular connectors. All interconnect designs are available in environmental, filter, hermetic, and fiber optic configurations. Interconnect technologies may be supplied as either discrete components or integrated into turnkey assemblies. In addition to electrical and fiber optic interconnects, Glenair produces and supplies backshells, dummy stowage receptacles, protective covers, and shield termination designs in a variety of materials and a leader in composite accessories. Glenair is also a market leader in cabling systems and lightweight EMI/RFI braid for the military/Aerospace marketplace.

Website Link: Glenair - Mission-Critical Interconnect Solutions - Glenair

Exhibitors

Antennex is a company specialized in Over-The-Air (OTA) antenna measurement technology and services. Started in response to meet the shift to integrated antennas, and a growing industry demand for fast, reliable wireless testing, we introduced The Wireless Connector™ in 2023. It is a compact, automated tabletop chamber for OTA measurements between 5 and 170 GHz.

Built on reverberation-chamber technology, the Wireless Connector™ reliably runs key power-based tests 100 to 1000 faster than other measurement systems. It offers a scalable path to next-generation RF performance validation for sectors like wireless communications, automotive, aerospace, defense, and more. Alongside our test systems, Antennex provides expert measurement and consulting services to help you meet your testing needs, and adopt the new testing paradigm.

Website Link: Smart antenna test chambers | Antennex

SWISSto12 is a leading OEM of advanced satellite RF products, payloads and systems, including the HummingSat: a small yet powerful geostationary telecommunications satellite developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its public-private-partnership program. The company’s RF products benefit from unique and patented 3D-printing technologies and associated Radio Frequency (RF) product designs that deliver lightweight, compact, highly performing, and competitive RF functionality. Besides its space portfolio, the company is also active in telecommunications and the aeronautic industry. SWISSto12 is amongst the fastest growing aerospace companies in the world, with customers including Viasat/Inmarsat, SES/Intelsat, Lockheed Martin and Thales. SWISSto12 is privately owned and backed by prominent Swiss and European Investors.

Website Link: SWISSto12 | Powering next-generation Satellite Communications

Optenni Ltd. is an innovator in antenna and RF design automation, developing professional design tools for antenna and RF engineers. Optenni employs customer-driven innovation, and partnerships with leading players in the wireless ecosystem.Optenni Lab™ is a Circuit Synthesis Software for Antenna and RF Optimization. Optenni Lab speeds up the design of complex antenna systems by automatic matching circuit synthesis and optimization, antenna array beamforming and active impedance control. It is typically used in designing tunable and multiband antenna systems, while being a powerful tool for many other design challenges, too. Optenni Lab links with major EM tools and includes assessment tools to evaluate antenna design candidates.

Website Link: https://optenni.com/

Anyfields designs innovative electromagnetic measurement and visualization solutions that transform the way antennas are tested and validated. Our technologies enable fast, reliable, and repeatable measurements across R&D, integration, and production, helping accelerate projects, secure RF performance, and reduce costs.

Website Link:

Antenna Measurement Solutions | Anyfields

SWISSto12 | Powering next-generation Satellite Communications

Albatros: Albatross Projects Belgium Nv is a global leader in anechoic chambers and absorber technologies. Delivering controlled electromagnetic environments for the world’s most demanding applications.

Website Link: Company — Albatross Projects