ROJONE PTY LTD ACQUIRES MOBILE ONE AND MOBILE ONE ACOUSTIC

INGLEBURN, NSW – 3 April 2017 – Rojone Pty Ltd., announced that it has acquired Mobile One Australia Pty Ltd, an antennae and noisy environment communications manufacturing company. The purchase will better serve the needs of Rojone’s and Mobile Ones customers both locally and internationally.

The purchase of the Mobile One Australia fits into Rojone’s strategy to supply a broader range of Australian designed and manufactured antennae’s. While the purchase of the Mobile One’s Acoustic division will allow the company to better support its Defence and Aviation customers.

“Our acquisition of Mobile One Australia complements our overall antennae range so we can now provide an extensive antenna range to both our local and international customers,” said Livia Brady, managing director of Rojone. “The acquisition of Mobile Ones’ Acoustic division will be a new direction for the company who already supplies major components to both the Defence and Aerospace industries.”

Established in 1981 and still owned & operated by one of its two original founders, Rojone is proudly one of Australia’s top RF & microwave design, manufacturing and distribution companies.  Occupying 1830 square meters’ facility at Ingleburn, NSW, employ over 50 dedicated professionals to service over 2,000 domestic & international customers. Rojone offers quality products from RF & circular connectors, coaxial cables through to military microwave components & systems from world-leading manufacturers such as Radiall & Times Microwave whom Rojone has exclusively represented in Australia for over 30 years.

The resulting acquisition will produce the following enhancements:

• A dedicated sales team located in both New South Wales and Western Australia.
• Manufacturing by an ISO 9001:2015 certified company,
• Technicians trained to IPC-620 standards
• A team of RF and Mechanical Engineers committed to continuous improvement.

In 1954, Walter Werner Fischer founded the company W. W. Fischer in a garage in Morges, Switzerland. An entrepreneur at heart, he recognized a customer need for rugged connectors and developed the first high-quality sealed connector, designed for use in industrial applications. Less than a decade later, he filed an international patent for his push-pull locking system and developed the world’s first hermetic connector.

A family before a company from the very beginning, Walter Werner Fischer, his son Peter and his wife Béatrice engaged a team of creative, passionate employees who strived for excellence. Together, they opened new manufacturing facilities and developed innovative products to meet growing customer demand.

Over the years, the company has continued to modernize production processes, invest in
R&D, develop talent, adopt breakthrough technologies and expand into new international
markets. These priorities drive growth even today.

From that family company started in a garage, Fischer Connectors has grown to become an international group, headquartered in Saint-Prex, Switzerland. Today, the people of Fischer Connectors draw inspiration from the company’s entrepreneurial roots and culture
of collaboration, respect, excellence and innovation to make customers’ lives easier. With a finger on the pulse of the market, skilled teams of experts create lasting value for customers all over the world – creating infinite possibilities

 
The Waveguide Solution’s microwave expertise dates back to the middle of the last century. Gabriel Microwave and Mid Century merged with Quasar Microwave Technology in 1989, and when the Andrew Corporation took over Quasar in 2002, the resulting management buyout of Quasar resulted in the formation of The Waveguide Solution.

The Waveguide Solution owns the IP from Quasar (which includes IP from Gabriel and Mid Century), and also employs many of the experienced workforce from Quasar.

The Waveguide Solutions is located in a new purpose built factory in the UK. This large modern unit provides a centre of excellence for waveguide manufacture.

The site also has dedicated microwave testing facilities, clean assembly areas, mechanical inspection areas and a comprehensive machining facility.

This new facility enables a fast, consistent standard of production, accurate quality control and optimal manufacturing flow.

The Waveguide Solution has the capacity to manufacture a wide variety of waveguide applications for ship, aircraft, satellite, medial, radar and communication systems.

The company is approved to ISO 9001:2000 international standards.

• Electronic Warfare RF/Microwave Interconnect Systems
• Integrated Logistics Support and Field Engineering Services

Times Microwave Systems are the global leader in the design and manufacture of sophisticated ultra high performance RF/Microwave coaxial cabling systems for Airborne, Land-based and Naval Electronic Warfare applications.

For over 35 years, they have been entrusted with providing the RF/Microwave coaxial interconnect systems for the world’s most sophisticated Electronic Warfare equipped platforms.

Such previous international applications include F-4, F-5, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22, Eurofighter Typhoon, Jas Gripen, Mirage 2000-5, Tornado, Eurocopter NH 90, Longbow Apache and a host of other airborne, naval and ground based systems.

As the level of sophistication of today’s Electronic Warfare systems grows, there is a rapidly growing dependency on the RF/Microwave RF Cabling system to perform to ever increasing levels of electrical performance, reliability and maintainability.

Any degradation in the performance of these cabling systems will have a direct impact on either the detection range, bearing resolution accuracy or jamming capability of these mission critical systems.

It is also the case that the majority of Electronic Warfare Systems available today have no built in test facility which checks outside of the system boxes to verify that the electrical performance of the EW RF/Microwave coaxial cabling system is still servicable.

Should the performance of the RF/Microwave Coaxial cable interconnect system by degraded due to mechanical damage of the cable assemblies during initial installation or through servicing, this would remain undetected and could result in severely degraded EW system performance and thus platform vulnerability to attack.

Experiences by armed forces throughout the world in recent conflicts have alarmingly exposed severe shortcomings in this area due to a variery of factors such as;

• Original specification and selection of RF/Microwave coaxial cable assemblies by platform manufacturers or EW System suppliers which are not fit for purpose for Military applications.
• Lack of appreciation of the care required when dealing with the integration of Microwave Coaxial Cable technology, resulting in mechanical damage and the corresponding degradation of electrical performance at the intial installation stage.
• Lack of a suitable RF/Microwave coaxial cable test and verification capability by platform manufacturers and lack of skilled personnel in this field.
• Lack of test equipment, skilled personnel and a cable maintenance and test policy by end users to verify cable assembly performances and thus mitigate this serious risk.

Today Times Microwave Systems are working with front line forces throughout the world to cpmpletely remove and replace the RF/Microwave coaxial cable interconnect systems in over 800 fast fighter jet aircraft.

These platforms have been identified as suffering from severly degraded electrical performance or chronic reliability problems resulting in significant increases in Maintenance Man Hours, reduced asset availability, high through life costs and loss of confidence in the EW system by air crew.

The cost of this major rectification work is extremely high, but necessary however to restore the performance of these mission critical Defensive Aids systems.

To address this clear need, Times Microwave Systems are now offering a range of Integrated Logistics Support and Field Engineering services and solutions which, if utilised, will result in mitigation of the above risks.

Individual support packages are available which are tailored to meet the needs of OEM platform manufacturers, system designers, integration companies and armed forces throughout the world.

These include the following;

• Turnkey Engineering services to design the RF/Microwave Interconnect coaxial cabling system to meet EW system end to end electrical, mechanical and environmental performance characteristics.
• Provision of on site Microwave Cable Installation, care and maintenance training courses for platform manufacturers and armed forces service personnel.
• Provision of RF/Microwave Coaxial Cable field testing services of installed cabling systems fitted to either new build platforms or in service platforms.
• Provision of customer and end user on site training packages in RF/Microwave Testing and Diagnostics.
• Provision of Flightmaster^TM – a turn key complete test and diagnostic capability solutions for armed forces in service use.
• Provision of Integrated Logistics Support services to suppliers of upgrade EW systems gloablly;
  • Systems architecture design
  • Installation studies
  • Trial installations and mock ups
  • Guaranteed installed performances (significant risk reduction)

Field Engineering services for field repairs, modifications, blind mate antenna conversion designs.

Connector Assembly and Maintenance Tooling for Military, Aerospace, Medical and Telecommunication Industries.

For many years, Astro Tool has been the leading name in connector service and assembly tooling. Astro has products, not only for military and aerospace programs, but also for other high tech fields such as computers, fiber optics and the medical industry.

At Astro, we know that quality, timely delivery and competitive pricing are what our customers demand and deserve. When your job requires crimping tools, insertion and removal tools or connector service kits, please remember that Astro has the tools of your trade. Our greatest asset is always our people, and everyone at Astro is dedicated to just one goal: customer satisfaction.

We are continually updating and adding to our product lines to meet the demanding complexities of today’s market. Our engineering department is outfitted with the latest in computer design systems to aid the design of new connector service systems. Our manufacturing facilities use state-of-the-art computer numeric control machining centers that enable us to precisely produce sophisticated tooling while holding ever-tightening tolerances. Astro is ready for the future.