In early 2008, a RM14.5 million contract was signed between the Royal Malaysian Airforce and Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) to design, manufacture, supply, install and commission radomes to protect the Malaysian Airforce’s radar antennas.
These radomes are special sphere-shaped structures designed to shield radar antennas from any damaging environmental elements. They are nearly always constructed from composite material which allows a relatively unattentuated electromagnetic signal between the antenna inside the radar and any outside equipment.
CTRM's first step, once winning the contract, was to find someone to produce the highly complex 3D composite radome surfaces. Following an extensive worldwide tender, together with a strong referral from another large Malaysian-based international company, they appointed mouldCAM.
“We'd never produced a radome before but we had worked on many other difficult, high tolerance projects, so we knew we could do it “said mouldCAM’s Engineering Director, Jaime Marina.
With patterns now cut, the next stage will be the production of moulds for the radome structures. This gets underway shortly at mouldCAM's Australian production facility. Once the moulds are complete, the radomes will be transported to Malaysia by air – all the radome panels fit in standard sized crates for easy transportation.
Our good response in a tight lead-time and our willingness to collaborate on every detail of the project has impressed CTRM Automotive.
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