general news - Flann Microwave

Trio of Cornish companies secures funding of £148,000 for crucial space flight development

general news, Industry, InnovationBy matt 27/11/2018

A partnership of three Cornish companies has secured funding of £148,000 to develop state-of-the-art technology to enable faster and more accurate communication with satellites. Flann Microwave, Teddington Systems and Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd will be working together to create miniaturised components for the next generation of tiny communications satellites, known as nanosatellites and CubeSats. Bristol-based…

Flann working with NASA on space mission to map Earth’s water

general news, Industry, InnovationBy matt 16/07/2018

World leading microwave engineering company Flann Microwave is supplying vital components to the US space agency NASA for a major spaceflight mission making the first-ever global survey of Earth’s surface water. The multinational Surface Water and Ocean Topology (SWOT) satellite, planned to launch in 2021, is being jointly developed and managed by NASA, the French…

Flann funds new lifesaving defibrillator for local community

general news, Industry, Innovation, New productsBy matt 21/06/2018

A potentially lifesaving piece of emergency equipment to help people suffering cardiac arrest is now available to the community in a Cornish town after it was purchased and installed by engineering company Flann Microwave. The automated external defibrillator (AED) can deliver a high energy electric shock to help restart the heart of someone in cardiac…

Flann Microwave shares expertise with international students

general newsBy matt 12/06/2018

Engineering company Flann Microwave has been sharing its expertise with a pair of international students keen to get an insight into the work of the global market-leading business. Bodmin-based Flann opened its doors to the two machining students from Lycée Réaumur vocational high school, in Poitiers, France, giving them hands-on experience working with Flann’s precision…

The Apprenticeship Recruitment Event – Hosted by Cornwall College Group

Events, general newsBy matt 26/04/2018

Ollie Ubly and Ben Berger attended the Apprenticeship Recruitment event hosted by Cornwall College Group. Following on from the success of previous apprenticeship schemes run between Flann Microwave and Cornwall College we have identified the need to promote and encourage students to consider Engineering Apprenticeships for the future of our continued success. Ollie is a…

Flann visits MACH18

general news, Industry, InnovationBy matt 17/04/2018

Flann Microwave Ltd visited Mach 2018 to review new manufacturing technologies that could be implemented to increase capability and drive innovation through the company. Citizen LEV BNA42 lathe. Sliding head with live tooling. The unique feature of this range is the LFV (low freq vibration) technology that lets you define the chip formation which in…

Visit to Flann by D.S.P.M Telecomunicazioni S.R.L.

general news, IndustryBy matt 12/04/2018

Flann Microwave welcomed Franco Mucchietto, Marco Pennacchi and Alberto Perinati one of our distributors for Italy. Pictured above are Angela Harvey from Flann Microwave, Franco Mucchietto from DSPM, Steve Mobbs from Flann Microwave, Marco Pennacchi and Alberto Perinati from DSPM.

Washington Satellite Show 2018

Events, general news, Industry, InnovationBy matt 15/03/2018

With a warm welcome from Cornwall Space UK, Flann nygoodhealth.com Microwave Limited participated at the Washington Satellite Show on booth 2337 at the Walter E Convention Centre with Aerospace Cornwall and Goonhilly Earth Station. Pictured above is the Flann Microwave Limited team, Steve Mobbs International Sales Manager, Angela Harvey Head of Finance and Operations, Kevin…

Flann supports Met Office in UK weather radar upgrade

general newsBy matt 01/03/2018

Flann Microwave is working with the Met Office to provide a key component for the UK weather radar network and to help upgrade and future proof the system – including monitoring the current the current snowfalls affecting the UK. The network is a vital element in the Met Office’s weather forecasting and monitoring activities, with…

Flann writes the book on point-to-point microwave backhaul!

general newsBy matt 13/06/2016

A new book, “Electronics for Microwave Backhaul”, has just been published by Artech House and co-authored by Flann’s CEO Dr James Watts. This timely new resource presents an overview of the electronics of mobile network backhaul. Infrastructure planning, architecture evolution, digital controls, and countermeasures are all presented highlighting the building blocks of specific backhaul features.…

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