The SKANZ Industry Working Group

SKANZ presents a unique opportunity for New Zealand to play a key role in the 21st century’s greatest scientific facility.  Building the SKA will require collaboration between industries involved in the engineering, communications, ICT and R&D areas where our capabilities are strong and innovative. 

Click HERE to become part of the
SKANZ Industry Working Group

THIS REGISTRATION WILL TAKE ONLY 3-5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE
 

Your organisation may be able to contribute to the development of the world's next-generation radio-telescope facility. The €1.3 Billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will comprise spatially-distributed dishes which in aggregate are 100 times the size of today's largest radio telescope. The SKA project represents a unique opportunity for New Zealand and companies located in this country to play a leading role in the development this 'mega-science' facility.

Benefits to Your Organisation

• An opportunity to promote your company’s capabilities in the inaugural New Zealand SKA Capability Document
   
• Engagement with national and international stakeholders in next generation space technologies

Why Should You Register?

By registering to become part of the SKANZ Industry Working Group, your organisation will derive a once-only opportunity to showcase its expertise/capabilities to a wide range of international participants in SKA. A detailed understanding of the nature and range of New Zealand’s capabilities will:

• Highlight new value-added opportunities for industry in its SKA engagement
• Provide insights into commercial alliances relevant to SKA
• Promote a greater understanding of R&D/technological fields of activity
• Maximise New Zealand’s industry development opportunities from SKA
• Leverage New Zealand’s prominent international position in SKA

Please note that the data provided will only be used for the express purpose of mapping New Zealand industry capabilities as applicable to the SKA Industry Initiative.

SKANZ is also a proud member of NZ Trade & Enterprise's Industry Capabilities Network: www.icn.govt.nz

Current Opportunities

Expressions of Interest for Low-Frequency Antennas & Ground Screens

Mileura wide field array – low frequency demonstrator (LFD) – call for EOIs for design & manufacturing study

The LFD project is being undertaken by MIT and partners from a number of Australian Universities and CSIRO. It will construct 500 arrays of 16 crossed-bowtie antennas operating over 80-300 MHz at Mileura in Western Australia. The antennas, with integral low-noise amplifiers, are arranged in a 4x4 square grid over a ~5x5-meter groundscreen – see link.

MIT Haystack Observatory solicits, from companies with expertise in the design and manufacture of RF and antenna systems, expressions of interest to develop, via a contract with MIT, a low-cost design for the manufacture and installation of the antennas and groundscreens.

For further information, please contact Brian Corey at bec@haystack.mit.edu