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Univ of Manchester working on biggest radio telescope

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MANCHESTER, UK: Adaptive Array Systems Limited (AASL) of Cheadle, Manchester has been awarded a contract by The University of Manchester to provide design concepts for optical network termination and transmission equipment for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope.

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Signal transport and networks will form the backbone of the SKA telescope, delivering information about the farthest reaches of the Universe from the antenna array to astronomers. 

AASL, alongside other industry partners, will provide industrial expertise and experience to bring cost effective solutions to the project's challenging technical requirements.

Chris Shenton, CEO and founder of AASL, said: "The government has demonstrated its commitment to the SKA and we feel privileged to be contributing to such a significant scientific advancement. The selection as AASL as a partner in the project illustrates the skills and expertise we have in the company."

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The Head of the University of Manchester SKA Team, Keith Grainge, said: "With the conclusion of our competitive tender process, I am delighted to welcome AASL on board to work with us on this critical phase of the project. AASL will be helping us to generate conceptual solutions to the challenging task of transporting the vast quantities of data that will be generated by the SKA telescope. The skills they bring to the project are a very good complement to our own and I greatly look forward to working with Chris and his team."

AASL will provide concepts and support to the University's Signal and Data Transport group (SADT) during the concept generation phase of the SADT subsystem design. The tasks involve mapping the telescope system requirements to potential technical solutions, and subsequently generating high-level concept architectures for the telescope data networks and interfaces.

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