MEGGITT
    Segment   Research Development Production
    Earth Observation
    Life and Physical Sciences
    Satellite-based Applications ✔ ✔ ✔
    Instruments and Payloads ✔ ✔ ✔
    Spacecraft and on-board Equipment ✔ ✔
    Ground Segment ✔
    Materials and Processes
    Structures
    Electronic Components
    Software ✔
    Basic Research for Space Technology
    Small Satellite Activities
    "Smart engineering for extreme environments"
    Profile

    Meggitt PLC is an international group operating in North America, Europe and Asia. Known for its specialised extreme environment engineering, Meggitt is a world leader in aerospace, defence and energy.

    Meggitt employs approximately 12,000 people at over 40 manufacturing facilities and regional offices worldwide. Meggitt SA - trading as Meggitt Sensing Systems Switzerland - has become worldwide recognised as a leading supplier of high-performance and high reliability sensing and monitoring systems measuring physical parameters in the extreme environments.



    Field of Expertise
    • Piezo-electric transducers
    • Vibration and dynamic pressure transducers
    • Our systems measure displacement, relative and absolute vibration, rotational speed and dynamic pressure for space applications
    • Meggitt's sensors withstand temperatures from -253°C to +780°C, pressures up to 350 bar and vibration up to 10,000g
    • Meggitt's sensors use the eddy current measurement principle
    References

    Meggitt has been designing systems for space applications since the early 1970s, including high-performance vibration and dynamic pressure transducers and electronics for launchers and satellites.

    Meggitt's instrumentation further supported the development of the Vulcain and Vulcain 2 engines of the Ariane 5 launcher. Many of Meggitt's systems are flight qualified for Ariane 5.