Roke Manor Research Limited
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| Roke Manor Research Limited | |
| Type of Company | Limited Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1956 |
| Headquarters | Romsey, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Dr. David Smith, Managing Director Andrew Baynes, Commercial Director |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Employees | Approximately 410 (2006) |
| Parent | Siemens |
| Website | www.roke.co.uk |
Founded in 1956, Roke Manor Research Limited is a UK company based at Roke Manor in Romsey, Hampshire. It is a contract research and development business for communications, networks, and electronic sensors. In addition to supporting Siemens AG, work is also conducted in both the public and private sectors.
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[edit] Company History
- 1956 - Founded as Plessey Research Roke Manor Limited by the Plessey company.
- 1990 - Passed to GEC-Siemens AG in a joint takeover.
- 1991 - Became wholly owned by Siemens AG when GEC sold their 50% shareholding to Siemens Plessey Electronic Systems.
[edit] Technology
- 1960 - Working prototype memory systems developed for the then supercomputer, Atlas.
- 1975 - Designed and developed the World's first monolithic Gallium Arsenide microwave circuit.
- 1995 - Work began on the Hostile Artillery LOcation system (HALO™), an acoustic locator of guns and mortars. HALO was developed to monitor ceasefire violations in Yugoslavia, and is in use with both the British Army as well as foreign forces.
- 2000 - Won the 2000 Worldaware Innovation Award for work on land mine clearance.
- 2001 - Developed the Hawk-Eye vision based ball tracking system.
[edit] Products
- Vigilance - a wide area multilateration system for tracking aircraft.
- Miniature Radar Altimeters (MRA) - a range of MRA products primarily designed for use on Airborne Targets and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
