Agilent Technologies is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis.

Agilent's unparalleled experience has enabled us to develop the best portfolio of high-precision test and measurement instruments and software solutions, components for aerospace and defence applications, custom systems and consulting services in the industry. Agilent gives you the tools you need to keep your equipment operating at peak effectiveness.

Across the field of electronics and around the globe, Agilent delivers a unique breadth of experience, from design and manufacturing to performance verification and maintenance. And we build that end-to-end expertise into every product we make. Agilent has the industry's largest support organisation operating in more than 110 countries, and with our 60-year heritage, we help aerospace and defence engineers succeed in their design and test challenges.

For more information, please call 07004 666666 or visit www.agilent.co.uk

Alpha Data offer an extensive range of products developed to harness the power of the latest generation of FPGA devices, focusing on strategic market areas of digital signal processing, imaging systems, communications, military, aerospace and high performance computing.

Alpha Data has been building on advances in FPGA technology to offer high performance, flexible and scalable reconfigurable products to innovate developers throughout the world. Alpha Data has used the advent of high density, high speed FPGA’s to embed this technology supporting industry standard interfaces, operating systems and design tools, providing customers with rapid time to market, flexibility and extended product life span.

Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR™) has rapidly established itself as a worldwide leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software. The company's mission is to provide EDA solutions that dramatically reduce product development costs for wireless, high-speed wireline and electro-optical applications. AWR solutions elevate the product development process by bridging the hierarchical divide between system and circuit level design tools.

ASTRAEA is a national programme that focuses on the technologies, systems, facilities and procedures that will allow uninhabited vehicles to operate safely and routinely in the UK. Uninhabited vehicles will bring real economic, environmental and security benefits in many areas and ASTRAEA will position the UK at the forefront of these opportunities. The programme includes representatives from the UK Government, industry, academia and regional bodies.

The Advanced Technology Centre delivers the frontline in technology innovation, acquisition, development and insertion for BAE Systems and its joint venture organisations. The service offering of the ATC provides for the development and creation of future technology capability over a broad spectrum of disciplines. Its services, capabilities and resources are applied throughout the product lifecycle, supporting long term speculative research through to applied product development.

With an employee base of world-class scientists, technicians and researchers, the ATC has a proven history of delivering innovative technology and providing cutting edge solutions to its customers. Long term strategic capability development to support the future growth and technological positioning of BAE Systems, is addressed by the ATC through the instigation and pursuit of areas of key importance to future defence requirements. These activity programmes involve multi-disciplinary teams drawn from across the ATC and key business units to ensure the technologies and products developed support current and future business growth.

In addition, an Underpinning Technology programme addressing generic technologies provides a solid basis for future investment planning. Future technologies under development within academia and other research institutes are also carefully monitored and evaluated by the ATC to assess the potential impact and exploitation to BAE Systems. As well as developing new technologies and capabilities, the ATC is able to provide key resources, skills and knowledge to business units and joint ventures to assist existing programmes where required.

The ATC recognises that investment in research and technology demands long term, close relationships with its customer base to ensure the effective development and transfer of technology into the business to provide sustainable competitive advantage and continuous revenue. The ATC has an established business network, developing relationships with key external parties including the UK MoD, European Space Agency, European Commission, Department of Trade and Industry, and selected academic institutions. This enables the ATC to develop and execute a well informed, balanced research programme designed to provide both evolutionary and revolutionary technological capability to BAE Systems.

Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd (BBSR) is a UK based SME providing R&D consultancy primarily in support of UK MoD’s research into future military airborne systems.

BBSR are particularly focussed in the development and employment of rapid prototyping techniques for the development and assessment of new Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) concepts. In support of these objectives, BBSR operate a number of experimental UAVs which are used to provide a representative flight test environment for testing research challenges in areas such as mathematical modelling, flight dynamics analysis, flight control system design, flight simulation and visualisation and autonomy.

The BBSR Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) and its integrated flight control computer (SNAPS – Surveillance and Navigation AutoPilot) are example products of the trials focussed rapid prototyping approach employed in meeting our research objectives.

CAE is a leading provider of simulation and modelling technologies and integrated training services for civil aviation, and defence customers worldwide. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Canada, CAE has manufacturing operations and training facilities in 17 countries on five continents.

Core Businesses:

Military Simulation and Training
CAE is a global leader in the design of advanced military training systems for air, land and sea applications, having supplied the defence forces of more than 30 nations with military training systems and services. In addition to its comprehensive training services, the Company offers a range of simulation equipment and modelling and simulation software. CAE has designed one of the widest ranges of military helicopter simulators in the world and more training systems for the C-130 Hercules than any other company.

Civil Training and Services
CAE is now a world leader in aviation training services, serving all segments of the market including aircraft manufacturers, flight schools, business aircraft and helicopter operators, as well as regional and major airlines. It has secured this position through a three-pronged approach involving acquisitions, joint ventures and the building of new facilities. CAE currently has more than 100 full-flight simulators installed in more than 20 training centres worldwide.

Simulation Products
CAE has simulated almost every modern airliner for both major and regional carriers, as well as many of today's business jets. CAE has long been the world's leading supplier of full-flight simulators, with more than 500 simulators sold to more than 110 airlines, aircraft manufacturers and training centres. CAE also has a wealth of experience in developing prototype simulators for new types of aircraft. During the past year, the company has developed simulators for the new Airbus A380 super-jumbo liner and the Embraer 190 regional jet.

Contact Us:

CAE (UK) PLC
Innovation Drive
Burgess Hill
West Sussex RH15 9TW.

Tel: +44 (0) 1444 251037 Fax: +44 (0) 1444 244380.

www.cae.com

CAE Inc
8585 cote de Liesse
Saint-Laurent
Quebec
Canada
H4L 4X4

Tel: 001 514 341 6780 Fax: 001 514 341 7699

www.cae.com

COMSOL is the maker of COMSOL Multiphysics, an environment for modelling scientific and engineering problems with the finite element method. COMSOL Multiphysics is a software allowing you to simultaneously model any combination of physical phenomena. COMSOL is well suited for electro-magnetic, structural, chemical, MEMS and flow analyses of all types.

CORDA (Centre for Operational Research and Defence Analysis) is a Defence Analysis consultancy dedicated to providing objective, quantified advice and support to decision makers in the UK MoD and Armed Forces, NATO and Industry.

CORDA is a specialist company offering analytic and modelling services to defence decision-makers. It is a wholly owned, independently trading subsidiary of BAE Systems and is an established supplier of operational research services to the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO, and a number of overseas governments.

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) exists to supply our customers in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and other government departments with the very best, impartial, scientific and technical advice.

Our unique and privileged position at the very heart of the MOD means that the advice is trusted by governments, academia and international partners. With over 3,500 staff dedicated to hundreds of scientific and technical disciplines, Dstl is geared for rapid problem solving. Multi-disciplinary teams, tailored to specific tasks can be assembled quickly and have a proven ability to provide innovative solutions under great time pressure.

Keeping abreast of the latest developments and discoveries is crucial to any organisation or discipline. The defence community is no different, and Dstl actively supports MOD and its partners at every step.

Our speciality lies in defence related scientific and technical information, including patents. We also deal with more unusual requests for information.

Knowledge Services provides access to Dstl’s internal knowledge base, MOD funded reports and the wider scientific and technical literature, together with a range of information and analysis services.

ESL operates as an SME in the UK, but is a subsidiary of the US based AAI Corporation, and therefore qualifies as a large enterprise.

ESL Defence has specialist expertise in electronic warfare and electro-optic technology. ESL is a highly innovative company with capabilities in research and technology, system design, development, manufacturing and product support.

ESL manufactures a large range of electro-optic and laser based products for testing EO/IR Passive Missile Warning Systems, Laser Warning Receivers, IR jammers, and Directed IR Countermeasures. This field of work is the core business competence of the company. ESL has significant experience in trials support, range integration and the training of military personnel in training range environments. ESL also provide integrated logistics support on a number of important programs including flight-line testing support for the UK Nemesis DIRCM system.

ESL has significant experience in technology demonstrator programs with the capability to provide the complete cycle from concept, through research, electronic, electromechanical, mechanical and software design, prototype manufacture and testing phases of the program. ESL are world-leaders in the testing and training of airborne and land-based defensive aid suites and self-protection systems from aircraft, helicopters and armoured fighting vehicles.

Through our parent company AAI we have access to complimentary RF products for testing RWR equipments together with the Shadow range of UAVs and associated ground control equipment.

Filtronic plc is a world leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of customised RF, microwave and millimetre components and subsystems. The company's products are used primarily in wireless communication infrastructure equipment, and cable communication systems (Wireless Infrastructure Division) and electronic defence systems & semiconductor devices (Integrated products group). The Integrated Products.Group comprises the Filtronic Compound Semiconductor division, which provides high performance GaAs semiconductor products, and Filtronic Components which provides complex microwave components and sub-systems to the defence sector.

Filtronic Components has been supplying microwave components and integrated subsystems to the defence industry for over twenty years and is a qualified source of key building blocks for Radars, ESM and ECM systems to many of the world's prime defence contractors. It can provide complete RF and microwave solutions for a wide variety of requirements from complex naval systems to airborne microwave receivers and small hand held devices for the foot soldier. Filtronic Components' microwave technology portfolio includes a wide range of narrow and broadband filters (fixed and electronically tunable), broadband switched multiplexers, instantaneous frequency measurement systems, synthesisers, up-converters and down-converters.

Filtronic Compound Semiconductor is one of the world's largest GaAs processing facilities, and is able to manufacture high-performance, high-yield PHEMT devices and MMICs on 150mm diameter wafers. Its well established line of PHEMT semiconductors includes discrete devices and MMICs covering a range of low noise, medium-power and switching applications extending into Ka band.

Gedae, the technology, was begun in 1987; Gedae, the product, was fi rst sold commercially in 1997; Gedae, the company, was incorporated in Dec. 2000. The founder, William Lundgren, purchased the technology from Lockheed Martin in 2000. The company is fully and privately held by four stockholders – William Lundgren, Amy Lundgren, Kerry Barnes and James Steed. All four are principals in the company, and there is their intention that Gedae, Inc. will continue and grow for many years Gedae, Inc. was formed for the purpose of commercializing Gedae.

The product required additional investment to complete the technical foundation, but Lockheed Martin was reluctant to continue developing the product due to their inability to sell a technical tool directly to competitors. Our business plan was to maintain a modest user base that would generate enough revenue to keep the company profi table during the completion of the technical foundation. This approach allowed the company to successfully deploy sufficient applications to retire the technical risks associated with using such a revolutionary capability. The plan has been successful, and applications have been deployed including real-time applications with tight latency requirements and very large applications with many modes of operation.

While the product will continue to evolve as we aggressively tackle emerging technologies such as FPGA’s and Multicore processors, these new developments will be built atop a foundation for which the technical risks are minimal. Going forward, we plan to focus our efforts on improving the ease of use and fi rst use impression of Gedae. Our market analysis indicates that this plan will lead to growth on three levels – expansion of use with existing customers, increased use in research and systems engineering organizations and increased demand for runtime licenses as organizations transition the technologies developed in Gedae into deployed systems.

Addressing these issues will also help us penetrate the university market. Queens University in Great Britain will use Gedae in a course on embedded signal and data processing, and a book using Gedae examples will be written for the course.

Glenair is a leading manufacturer of Interconnect Solutions to the Military, Aerospace and Marine markets, supplying a wide range of MIL-Spec and Marine approved connectors, cables and accessories for use in hostile and harsh environments.

Our products range from Nano-D and Micro-D assemblies, harsh environment & speciality connectors, flexible metal core & composite conduit systems, harness assemblies and fibre optic systems.

Glenair has the capability to partner you through all stages of the product life-cycle from concept and design, through prototyping and testing to full scale production.