The FA-180 is intended primarily for Satellite News Gathering in C, Ku or K-band, but is equally well suited to any other application requiring a compact rugged antenna which is rapidly deployable with no tools. It includes a multi segmented carbon fibre honeycomb reflector, ensuring light weight and maximum strength with no deformation, even after being reassembled hundreds of times.

The axially symmetric design with prime focus feed was chosen because of its overall compact dimensions which make the packed size of the antenna smaller than any other comparable product of similar gain. It also means that unlike offset fed designs, each antenna petal is identical allowing simple replacement in case of damage. Intelsat/Eutelsat compliance is guaranteed, including side lobe performance better than 29-25 log theta.

Operators in the field face difficulties and the attention to detail found in the FA-180 antenna greatly assists. Features such as wide spreading multi position legs, which provide high stability on any terrain.

The FA-180 can be fully motorised and when combined with the GigaSat STC-100 antenna controller it can automatically acquire and track, even on inclined orbit satellites. With or without the motorisation option, vernier controls are provided for manual adjustment and fine tuning.

For transportation the FA-180 packs into its own mount which splits into two conveniently sized flight cases for transportation. There are no other cases required.