The world's largest telescope involves more than 130,000 antennas being installed on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Western Australia.
One of the biggest contracts in Australia for SKA construction was awarded to Myaree based company AVI Australia to build up to 12,000 'SMART boxes' for the entire fit-out of the SKA-Low telescope.
An international collaboration of 16 countries, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will be the largest science facility on Earth, combining sister telescope sites in Australia and South Africa.
Western Australia will host the SKA-Low telescope, comprising more than 130,000 low-frequency antennas, at the existing Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, located around 300km northeast of Geraldton.
The SKA is one of the largest scientific endeavours ever undertaken in the earth's history and involves the construction of telescopes 10 times more sensitive and faster at surveying galaxies than any current technologies.
AVI Australia specialises in the design and manufacturing of critical communications systems, componentry and data solutions.
AVI’s expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities guarantee their hardened communications systems are designed and manufactured to perform in extreme environments, sympathetic to harsh conditions and hostile situations.
Founded in 1989, AVI has been successfully supporting the unique requirements of National Defence forces, Government and Mining sectors.
Congratulations to AVI Australia on the contract for one of the largest scientific endeavours ever undertaken in the earth's history.
We at John Hart are honoured to be AVI Australia’s CNC machine tool technology partner and proud to have assisted AVI to expand their manufacturing capability, allowing AVI to deliver for a grand-scale project such as the SKA construction.
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