Weibel Success Story

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Weibel Success Story
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Weibel Scientific A/S
• Peder R. Pedersen, President & CEO
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PhD in electronics
In Weibel since 1983
CEO since 2002
prp@weibel.dk
Weibel Scientific A/S - Today
• Privately held Danish corporation
Test Center
– Established: 1977
– Headquarters at Fort Weibel in Allerød
with development, production and sales
– 5 minutes from the Weibel Test Center
– R&D investment: > 100 MUSD
– Employees: 100
• > 70 years in Ballistic testing
155 mm to 40 km
• Close to 40 years in US market
MFSR-2100
• > 35 years experience in radar systems
Headquarter
• > 4,000 radar systems in operation
• > 150 tracking/surveillance systems in
operation
MVRS-700SC on Paladin
US Navy
• > 15 years on Navy and NASA ships
• > 40 countries
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• Export: > 98% (US: 25-50%)
NASA
US Foreign Comparative Testing
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The Weibel W-680 Doppler
Processor was selected to
FCT program in 1983
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The W-680/SL-520 Doppler
radar system was tested at
Aberdeen Proving Ground
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The final report states that
the Weibel radar performs
better than any other radar
available at that time.
The Weibel Doppler radar system has
been the US standard for velocity
measurements for more than 30 years
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Muzzle Velocity Radar System
US Procurement Number 1994
• Lost a contract in 1994 - Purchased system did not work
• Purchased > 1000 systems sole source from Weibel 2003
US Procurement Number 2009
• Requirement for 1955 systems in 2009
• 4 companies, 2 shortlisted, Weibel won on price
Weibel MVRS-700 is the US standard with
more than 2500 systems in operation
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Tracking Radars - 1988
Weibel was the first company to use the digital radar for
angle tracking
Transmitter
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Transmitted frequency
Doppler frequency from receiver #1
Doppler frequency from receiver #2
Distance between receiver #1 and #2
Error angle to target
Speed of light
Phase difference between Doppler signal in receiver 1-2
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• First contract to US Amy in 1987 with delivery in 1988
• >150 systems delivered
Weibel Tracking Radars are the US standard
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NASA Shuttle return to flight 2005
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Weibel performed a proof of concept demonstration in August 2004
Weibel started development and production in August 2004
NASA contracted Weibel in April 2005
Weibel delivered the radars in May 2005
The Weibel radars Supported the “first” launch in July 2005
Shuttle Launch
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Sole source procurement for unique radar
technology NOT available in US
US-Denmark FMCW project
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MDA-DALO-Weibel project: Oct. 2014
Recommendation for phase II: Apr 2015
Phase II: Started Jan. 2016
Simultaneous CW and FM-CW pulse technology
provides:
- Long rang
- High accuracy
- Discrimination
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Lockheed & Weibel BMD agreement
Brad Hicks and Peder R. Pedersen
Brad Hicks, Ric Rushton, Thomas M. Larsen Weibel
COO at Weibel Test Center with 45 dB radar
Brad Hicks, Vice president of Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors at Lockheed Martin statements at press
release in Roskilde Airport August 15, 2015:
We’re bringing together their experience and skill in radar
technology along with Lockheed Martin’s BMD expertise to eliminate
gaps in our ability to detect, control and engage ballistic missiles.
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Surveillance & Tracking Radar for IAMD
Final Acceptance
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Weibel success in US
• Best technology
– The physical laws are setting the product limitations
• Superior after sale service
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Free of charge software upgrades
Component obsolescence management with NO NRE
Midlife upgrade with no NRE
+20 year product life
Fixed price maintenance contracts
• Commercial Off The Shelf products (COTS)
– Fixed firm prices and fixed delivery time – No NRE
– Lower Risk
– Lower life cycle cost
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