Sensor Systems Inc

Sensor Systems Inc. designs and manufactures aircraft antennas for commercial, business and military aircraft from a 70,000 sq ft main complex at 8929 Fullbright Avenue in Chatsworth, California. The company was founded in 1961 and says it holds over twenty patents and builds more than 200 types of aircraft antennas.

Products

• Communication and navigation antennas from 30 MHz VHF to 14 GHz Ku band, in blade, low-profile and flush-mount conformal designs
• Radar altimeter antennas: the company says it delivers more of these than any other manufacturer
• Patented all-metal, one-piece cast antennas that remove precipitation static and include D.C. grounding for lightning protection
• Digitally tuned VHF/UHF antennas for frequency-hopping radios such as ARC-210 and ARC-231
• GPS and GPS/GLONASS antennas, including a dual band L1/L2 antenna with M-Code capability
• Iridium, Iridium Certus and LTE satellite and cellular antennas, including multi-function combinations
• Wi-Fi and multi-band MIMO antennas, and combination antennas that reduce the number of antennas on an aircraft
• Link 16, telemetry and frequency selective surface products for defense and space use
• Custom designs for specific form factor, performance and power needs

Who it supplies

• OEM supplier to Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier and Airbus, and to Honeywell and Rockwell Collins
• Airframers including Gulfstream, Cessna, Pilatus, Dassault and Beechcraft
• Military platforms from AWACS and KC-135 to C-17, V-22, P-3, P-8, F-15 and F-16

Facilities and quality

• In-house production machine shop, fiberglass molding and precision tooling shops
• Research and design laboratory, anechoic chambers and an outdoor computer-controlled pattern range
• Quality control procedures certified to AS9100
• Products meet military specifications and FAA and EASA requirements, and some are qualified to DO-160 and TSO C159d
• A large stock of spares for AOG support to airlines and business jet operators, shipped by airfreight