RADAR
Q&A: DENNIS JEWELL
Rotary joint technical director, CIS Business Area,
Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions
The world’s leading manufacturer of rotary joints describes how the latest designs improve
the accuracy of azimuth position indicators in radar systems
Can you tell me about the
Cobham group and where Air
Traic Control fits in?
Cobham is a leading global technology and
services innovator, respected for providing
solutions to the most challenging problems,
from deep space to the depths of the ocean.
Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, is
the US subsidiary of Cobham operating
under a Special Security Agreement with the
US Department of Defense. It offers a
number of products for communications,
navigation, identification and RF
interconnect solutions for air traffic control,
many of which are developed and
manufactured by our CIS Business Area in
Exeter, New Hampshire.
The CIS Business Area was formed
through a series of acquisitions of microwave
companies and skillsets, technology and
embedded ATC products from industry
leaders such as Kevlin Corporation; M/ACOM;
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MAST Microwave; Premier
Microwave; Atlantic Microwave; Litton/
Airtron Microwave; Continental Microwave
and Tool; Adams Russell Cable Company;
Microwave Development Company; Gamma
Microwave and Varian Microwave.
Cobham’s CIS Business Area is housed in
two modern manufacturing facilities of
186,000 and 80,000 square feet in Exeter, New
Hampshire, where its engineers develop a
broad range of components and services for