As featured in EE Times Europe – Robert Huntley As RF components are crucial in any satellite, we asked Flann Microwave CEO Ian Burnage what changes the company has observed. As a child born in the mid-fifties, I watched in awe the first live transatlantic television broadcast between the U.S. and the U.K. via the…
Ever since the late 1800s, waveguide technology has played a key role in the development of our modern world. From the rapid development and standardisation during World War II with the uses of RADAR, to the microwave backhaul links in the 1950 to 60s, and more recently mobile cell networks, the world would be a…
From our humble beginnings in a wooden boathouse on the banks of the River Thames, to our current position as a market leader in precision waveguide technology, Flann has built a rich heritage of technological innovation, providing engineering solutions on the ground, in the air, and into space: waveguide innovation which has directly and indirectly…
Say the word “waveguide”, and aside from a relatively small percentage of people working in STEM fields you will usually be met with Blank stares. Yet this belies the impact that waveguide technology has had on humanity since the pioneer days in the late 1800s. In simple terms, a waveguide is a hollow metal tube…
As featured in SatMagazine A market-leading designer and manufacturer of precision RF Microwave and Millimetric products, solutions and services, Flann Microwave Ltd. stated that the company is ideally placed to capitalize on the rapidly growing, global smallsat market in 2023. The company is anticipating an exciting year of growth building on its more than…
As featured in SatMagazine Twenty twenty-two has proved a very positive and buoyant year for Flann Microwave, a market-leading designer and manufacturer of precision RF Microwave and Millimetric products, solutions and services. A year of steady growth and development from its base in Cornwall, UK, backed by a workforce of highly skilled engineers and…
Flann Microwave aids in multinational NASA SWOT satellite development, advancing global oceanography In 2015, market-leading microwave engineering company Flann Microwave was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide critical hardware for the high-resolution radar components on a new multinational satellite. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is the first-of-its-kind to…
Did you know that Flann Microwave has been a growing key part of the Space Industry since being approached by the Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL, NASA) back in 2015. At the time Flann were already renowned for their extensive experience in supplying high quality waveguide products and solutions to a broad range of markets including…