Industry perspective on transatlantic corporation Weibel Success Story
Weibel Scientific A/S Peder R. Pedersen, President & CEO PhD in electronics In Weibel since 1983 CEO since 2002 prp@weibel.dk
Weibel Scientific A/S - Today Test Center Privately held Danish corporation Established: 1977 Headquarters at Fort Weibel in Allerød with development, production and sales 5 minutes from the Weibel Test Center R&D investment: > 100 MUSD Employees: 100 > 70 years in Ballistic testing Headquarter 155 mm to 40 km MFSR-2100 Close to 40 years in US market > 35 years experience in radar systems US Navy > 4,000 radar systems in operation > 150 tracking/surveillance systems in operation > 15 years on Navy and NASA ships > 40 countries Export: > 98% (US: 25-50%) MVRS-700SC on Paladin NASA
US Foreign Comparative Testing The Weibel W-680 Doppler Processor was selected to FCT program in 1983 The W-680/SL-520 Doppler radar system was tested at Aberdeen Proving Ground The final report states that the Weibel radar performs better than any other radar available at that time. The Weibel Doppler radar system has been the US standard for velocity measurements for more than 30 years
Muzzle Velocity Radar System US Procurement Number 1994 Lost a contract in 1994 - Purchased system did not work Purchased > 1000 systems sole source from Weibel 2003 US Procurement Number 2009 Requirement for 1955 systems in 2009 4 companies, 2 shortlisted, Weibel won on price Weibel MVRS-700 is the US standard with more than 2500 systems in operation
Tracking Radars - 1988 Weibel was the first company to use the digital radar for angle tracking Transmitter f t f t f d1 Receiver 1 f t -f d1 a d f d2 Receiver 2 f t -f d2 Error angle f t Transmitted frequency f d1 Doppler frequency from receiver #1 f d2 Doppler frequency from receiver #2 d Distance between receiver #1 and #2 a Error angle to target C Speed of light Phase difference between Doppler signal in receiver 1-2 a Arc sin 2 C f t First contract to US Amy in 1987 with delivery in 1988 >150 systems delivered Weibel Tracking Radars are the US standard
NASA Shuttle return to flight 2005 Weibel performed a proof of concept demonstration in August 2004 Weibel started development and production in August 2004 NASA contracted Weibel in April 2005 Weibel delivered the radars in May 2005 The Weibel radars Supported the first launch in July 2005 Shuttle Launch Sole source procurement for unique radar technology NOT available in US
US-Denmark FMCW project MDA-DALO-Weibel project: Oct. 2014 Recommendation for phase II: Apr 2015 Phase II: Started Jan. 2016 Simultaneous CW and FM-CW pulse technology provides: - Long rang - High accuracy - Discrimination
Lockheed & Weibel BMD agreement Brad Hicks and Peder R. Pedersen Brad Hicks, Ric Rushton, Thomas M. Larsen Weibel COO at Weibel Test Center with 45 db radar Brad Hicks, Vice president of Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors at Lockheed Martin statements at press release in Roskilde Airport August 15, 2015: We re bringing together their experience and skill in radar technology along with Lockheed Martin s BMD expertise to eliminate gaps in our ability to detect, control and engage ballistic missiles.
Surveillance & Tracking Radar for IAMD Final Acceptance 2016-04-08
Weibel success in US Best technology The physical laws are setting the product limitations Superior after sale service Free of charge software upgrades Component obsolescence management with NO NRE Midlife upgrade with no NRE +20 year product life Fixed price maintenance contracts Commercial Off The Shelf products (COTS) Fixed firm prices and fixed delivery time No NRE Lower Risk Lower life cycle cost
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