
Profile
 Cooper
Antennas Ltd (CAL) is a UK company that brings together an exceptional
team of internationally respected professionals
with
a combined experience of over 100 years in the design, development
and production of Military and Civil Antennas & Communication
Equipment. The management team of CAL has been responsible for providing
hundreds of thousands of antennas for the world market.
CAL’s senior personnel have many years experience in successfully
contracting with Governments. Most of this experience was gained
whilst CAL’s Managing Director, Geoff Cooper, and a number
of the CAL team were with Chelton (a Cobham plc company). As Managing
Director and co-founder of the Chelton group, Mr. Cooper developed
it into one of the largest and most successful antenna companies
in the world - both through internal growth and acquisition. Geoff
Cooper left Chelton after 37years and formed Cooper Antennas Ltd
in 2005. Key members of the CAL management team have worked with
Geoff over many years.
CAL’s team of professionals is dedicated to providing innovative,
reliable, designed-to-cost antenna solutions for today’s increasingly
network enabled defence forces.
CAL is certified to ISO 9001:2000 and is listed
as approved supplier to a number of OEM’s.
CAL currently resides in the UK’s Thames Valley – a
6 acre site near Marlow were there is an 80’ VHF/UHF/L-band
antenna test range together with engineering labs and a prototyping
workshop.
The production area is segregated into assembly / test, process
and kitting areas. There are also separate Bonded Stores for incoming
goods and finished products. Several meeting rooms and offices are
available in a country park like location.

Aviatech serves as the management and technical liaison office for
CAL in the United States. As such, Aviatech normally serves as
prime contractor for programs with the U.S. government.
Aviatech is an engineering and management-consulting firm. The Company
was established in 1970. Since then it has provided these services
to government agencies, aircraft manufacturers and electronic systems
manufacturers throughout the world. The company has extensive experience
in antenna systems design and application.
Aviatech’s principal office, aircraft hangar
and other facilities are located near DFW Airport in Texas. This
office is managed by
Mr. Patrick Carr, who has over 35 years experience in designing antenna
systems and managing production programs. He was Vice President of
Dorne and Margolin, Inc (now EDO) when that company designed and
manufactured many innovative communication antennas for the U.S Air
Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Army.
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