Patriot Large Aperture Earth Stations
After successfully deploying their new
large aperture earth stations, Patriot Antenna Systems of Albion MI, has
been awarded a $3.1 million mega tax abatement by the State of Michigan.
Patriot has begun a large scale expansion to their already 300,000 square
foot modern manufacturing facility for their large aperture division.
This high bay large antenna division will be fully operational by the first
quarter of 2006 and will be a state of the art manufacturing complex that
will enable antennas of up to 18.5meters to be built indoors on their
tracking pedestals and will ensure that Patriot can utilize it's high
production antenna facility to produce these large earth station antennas in
high volume.
"This facility will enable our company to produce Ka-Band quality earth
stations and hubs that meet the stringent surface and pointing requirements
that are a characteristic of Ka-Band communication" Commented Jeff Mathie,
President Patriot Antenna Systems, "In fact, this expansion of
facilities and equipment will allow Patriot to do all of our own stretch
forming, fabricating of large structures and far field range testing will be
done now in house where we can continue patriot's ISO-9001 Quality
commitment as well as meet our customers time sensitive deadlines"
In addition to the local expansion, Patriot also has a definitive agreement with the government of Nigeria to open a full scale manufacturing facility in their country. This agreement with NASRDA (Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency) will allow Patriot Nigeria to produce tens of thousands of antennas for the defense government services, broadcast, cable and DTH sectors that will service all of Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe. This will also Enhance Nigeria's Presence as the predominant force throughout Sub-Sahara Africa. The Government of Nigeria and NASRDA has recently purchased a C, Ku, Ka and L-band satellite from China that will be launched in 2006. These satellites along with the Nigerian manufacturing facility, will allow NASRDA to be completely self-sufficient with the ability to provide all of the ground based equipment with communication services.
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7.5m Antenna
9m Earth Station
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1.517.629.5990
704 N. Clark Street
Albion MI, 49224
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