European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Week 2

The roadshow has visited Roke Manor Research in Romsey, BAE Systems in Farnborough and Lockheed-Martin in Havant this week. Tomorrow it is Thursday so it must be GE Aviation in Cheltenham and on Friday it is BAE Systems Aerosystems International in Yeovil. This week the locations are very convenient for Sarsen as they are all about an hours drive north, south, east and west from Marlborough. Nigel's car sustained some damage returning from Goodrich last Friday. A tyre was punctured and then a truck ran over the jack whilst the wheel was being changed which resulted in the nearside wing mirror being ripped off. It could have been a lot worse but not the best way to end a long working week!

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Thursday 28th September Photos

The European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 visited Lockheed-Martin (INSYS) on Thursday 28th September. Visitors to the Sarsen Technology stand discussed the technology solutions from Trenton Technology, BittWare, Oxygen Electronics and VersaLogic.

The weather was perfect all week - if you weren't stuck on a lorry, that is! The Roadshow was well attended at every stop of the tour with more than 350 visitors. Of the 20 companies exhibiting on the truck, Sarsen has generated the most interest so far.

Oxygen Electronics Blog

Find out what is happening in the world of sourcing obsolete, allocated and hard-to-find electronic components at the Oxygen Electronics blog: http://oxygenelectronics.blogspot.com

"Oxygen Electronics, founded in 1995, is a leading Independent Distributor of Electronic Components. With more than 90,000 different obsolete items are currently in stock, sales staff in both North American and Europe and tens of thousands of transactions completed annually, our experience and knowledge are second to none."

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - First Week Photos

A few images from the first week of the 2009 European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Roadshow. More will be added next week when visiting Siemens Roke Manor Research, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and GE Aviation.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - First Week

An enjoyable and productive week meeting new and old customers at Selex S&AS in Luton, Goodrich Automation Systems in Wolverhampton, Rolls-Royce in Derby, Lockheed Martin (INSYS) in Ampthill and Goodrich Power Systems in Pitstone. The key product areas that generated the most interest were the EVOC rugged laptops, BittWare's Altera Stratix IV FPGA solutions, Trenton Technology's 19" Rackmount server solutions and VersaLogic's PC/104-Plus Single Board Computers.

The sites to be visited next week are closer to home for the Sarsen team so no more nights away! Monday is Siemens Roke Manor Research in Romsey, then BAE Systems in Farnborough, followed by Lockheed-Martin in Havant on Wednesday, GE Aviation in Cheltenham on Thursday and BAE Systems Aerosystems International in Yeovil on Friday. If you are planning to visit the Roadshow or would like more details please visit this site http://www.aero-mag.com/issues/september09/PDF/AM_September09_Supplement.pdf or call Sarsen Technology on 01672 511166.

Trenton Technology Blog

Discover what is new in the world of high-end industrial embedded computing by visiting the Trenton Technology blog at http://blog.trentontechnology.com

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009

Sarsen Technology is one of twenty companies participating in the 2009 European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow. The roadshow takes place this year between 21st September - 16th October on a one month tour across the UK and Europe visiting many of the industry's major design, development and research facilities along the way. Included on the itinerary are visits to Selex Galileo in Luton, Goodrich Actuation Systems in Wolverhampton, Rolls-Royce in Derby, Lockheed-Martin in Ampthill, Goodrich Power Systems in Pitstone, Siemens Roke Manor in Romsey, BAE Systems in Farnborough and GE Aviation in Cheltenham.

On board the exhibition vehicle is a group of twenty suppliers demonstrating leading edge technologies for the defence and aerospace markets directly to customers on it's premises, meeting directly with many of the engineers and developers who don't always manage to get to more traditional trade shows.

We are currently in Derby meeting with Rolls-Royce and Sarsen Technology is discussing new Altera Stratix IV GX COTS hardware from BittWare, Oxygen Electronics component sourcing services, high-performance PICMG 1.3 computing solutions from Trenton Technology and rugged, embedded single board computing solutions from VersaLogic. There is a good mix of technology solutions on the roadshow and customers are keen to discuss new project opportunities. Tomorrow is Thursday so it must be Lockheed-Martin (INSYS) in Ampthill!