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SELEX Galileo forms part of the wider Finmeccanica Group of companies that specialise in aerospace, defence and security applications. Focusing on developing integrated capability solutions across land, sea and air, SELEX Galileo provides advanced levels of situation awareness, security and safety.

With a history spanning over a century, SELEX Galileo offers expertise and an ongoing commitment to innovation and technical excellence. With over 7000 employees based at sites in the UK, the United States and Italy, SELEX Galileo is well equipped to provide state-of-the-art electronic systems in order to maintain its position as a leader in surveillance, protection, tracking, targeting, navigation & control and imaging systems.

The future is important to SELEX Galileo which is why the Company actively encourages the development of its wide base of technologies and products and is dedicated to developing the very best in capability. Key capabilities include; air systems and simulators, electronic warfare, electro-optics and naval, land systems and battlespace, support and service solutions, radar and advanced targeting and Space.

SELEX Galileo appreciates the importance of establishing valued relationships with its customers and continually strives to develop its knowledge and capacity to respond to emerging needs. Flexible integrated solutions ensure that these needs are satisfied through each stage of the product lifecycle together with through-life support, driving innovation throughout the supply chain using solution modelling, technical and technological expertise.

The focus is on a skilled workforce and continuous development with partners and customers to allow the Company to compete on a global scale. By working with governments, academic institutions and research centres SELEX Galileo is able to identify, develop and demonstrate the latest technology to provide defence and homeland security electronic systems and sensor solutions.

With this commitment to identifying, developing and demonstrating new and innovative technologies to enhance performance, decrease costs, and improve manufacturing processes, we can ensure that we maintain our status as a world leader in advanced electronics systems.

Seven Technologies Ltd - are world leaders in specialist covert technical surveillance. Formed exclusively by surveillance specialists of the UK armed forces and their technical support experts, we provide a technical capability developed by professionals for professionals.

Our proven capability has supported government surveillance requirements ranging from prolific fly tipping and arson reduction to global anti-terrorist operations.

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All products, support and training are derived from our experiences which have been hard won in the most demanding of operating environments.

Call now on +44 (0)2892 605200 to discuss your technical surveillance needs and receive password access to the secure area on our website.

Sheffield University Nanoscience and Technology Centre - The Nanoscience and Technology Centre at the University of Sheffield is a purpose built £6.6 million complex, fully equipped (>£10 million) clean-room for the production of state-of-the-art semiconductor epitaxy and device fabrication using III-V semiconductors. It is home to the internationally known EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies. The Centre provides the ideal environment for collaborative R&D, offering expertise in both MBE and MOCVD epitaxy, comprehensive wafer characterization, advanced technologies for device fabrication, and the provision of custom optoelectronic and electronic devices. Of particular importance to Defence related research is the epitaxial capability for antimonides, nitrides, and semiconductor nanostructures (QDIPs and QWIPs) enabling optoelectronic devices across a range of wavelengths from the UV to far-IR. Our mission is to provide collaborative access to world class expertise and facilities, thus enabling top-rate scientific research; currently the University is involved in several MoD funded projects. For further information please contact n.gerrard@sheffield.ac.uk.

Spectral Line Systems Ltd - specialises in the design and manufacture of high spectral purity signal sources and sub-systems for professional markets in radar, communications, instrumentation and research. The Company was formed in 1990 and is now well established as a reliable supplier for defence projects and other demanding applications.

Almost all of our products are designed to meet customers' exact requirements with regard to operating parameters and packaging. We offer this service regardless of whether the order is for a one-off or for a substantial production run. Although we have few standard products we have a large library of proven designs, which is constantly being expanded by private venture research and development work. In response to a specification we are able to draw upon this stock to provide an efficient route to meeting the requirement.

Designing for reliable and cost effective production is an important part of our business. We manufacture all of our products in-house, production runs varying from small batches to several hundred.

In addition to the core business of Microwave and RF Sources and Sub-Systems, we are always pleased to consider other work utilising our experience in general microwave, RF and analogue engineering.

Waterfall Solutions Ltd (WS) - is a systems technology consultancy based in Guildford, Surrey. The majority of our business lies in the defence sector where we have gained a reputation for innovative research, technical excellence and flexibility through practices such as forming strong on-site teams with customers, as well as delivering bespoke software to exacting standards. The company has carefully managed its growth to ensure the recruitment and retention of the highest-quality engineers, physicists and mathematicians who share the company's values of excellence and integrity. Our team brings substantial experience in image processing, fusion and systems engineering, as well as major defence programme engineering management.

In addition to the defence market, our expertise in the development of advanced processing software lends itself to security and surveillance applications as well as industrial process controls and machine vision systems. We are also recognised for our capabilities in model validation and systems engineering, and regularly provide consultancy and subject matter expertise to large defence manufacturers as well as the UK MoD. Further, we are internationally renowned for our data, image and information fusion experience and provide training courses and conference workshops on the subject, either at our own venue or at customer sites.

A primary driver for the WS business is the rapid pull-through of new technology. In order to meet this ambition, WS has developed its 'Ideas to Products' process that enables the company to rapidly translate new and novel processing concepts into demonstrable hardware units and systems.

WFS - is the world’s leading developer of through-water and through-ground electromagnetic communications and sensing products. With over 50 patent applications filed in Europe and North America, our revolutionary products deliver cost savings and new capabilities to the Homeland Security & Defence, Oil & Gas and Environmental & Industrial industries.

Founded in 2003, WFS launched the world’s first commercially available underwater Radio Modem, Seatext®, in 2006. The same year, the company was announced as the Overall Winner of the UK MoD’s top innovation award. WFS’s Broadband Data Link, Seatooth®, was launched in January 2007 and was followed later that year by a launch of the world’s first dual technology Radio Acoustic Modem, RAM-300.

WFS’s technology is revolutionising control and communications in underwater and underground environments. Underwater Radio Frequency (RF) technology has the distinct advantage that it will operate in adverse water conditions, is unaffected by acoustic noise, is free from multipathing problems and that the Doppler effects are minimal. Critically, WFS’s products support data transmission across the water/air and ground/air boundaries, penetrating the surf zone, ice, harbour walls, and hitherto impenetrable materials.

WFS has developed its latest through-ground products, Terratext® and Terratooth®, with the help of SEAS DTC funding and these are currently undergoing a series of trials and demonstrations. Both products will be on show at the DTC Conference. Terratooth will demonstrate broadband video streaming.