What Haigh-Farr, Inc. does

Haigh-Farr, Inc. is a privately held, family-controlled aerospace antenna manufacturer founded in 1969 by Bill Haigh and George Farr, headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire (43 Harvey Road), with a co-located manufacturing and testing campus housing eight thermal chambers, a thermal vacuum chamber, two UD T2000 vibration/shock shakers, two humidity chambers, a resonant-beam shock system, and four anechoic RF chambers (Farfield 300 MHz-26.5 GHz and Nearfield 200 MHz-40 GHz). The company designs, develops, manufactures, and tests conformal and non-conformal antennas—including the proprietary Wraparound (founded 1969), Flexislot, Omnislot, Patch, Blade, Button, and the newer digitally-beamformed Electronically Steerable Array (ESA) lines—covering frequencies from 150 MHz to 26 GHz for telemetry, GPS/GNSS, flight termination systems (FTS), transponder, data link, and radar altimeter applications on missiles, rockets, launch vehicles, aircraft, UAVs, and satellites. Commercially the company sells two categories: (1) custom antenna hardware plus support hardware (power dividers, combiners, hybrids, diplexers, test hats and hoods) and (2) in-house design and engineering services including pattern, mechanical, and thermal analysis, RF testing, and environmental testing. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; customers initiate procurement through a Request a Quote form or an Antenna Questionnaire consultation. Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales to U.S. defense primes (Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, ULA) and NASA, complemented by regional sales representatives across the United States and a global network of international distributors spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, with delivery reach across 21 countries and 100+ vehicle types.

The company's commercial position is anchored by multi-decade flight heritage including five Mars missions (Phoenix, Insight, ExoMars, Curiosity, Perseverance), the 2025 Firefly Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, supply on ULA's Vulcan, Atlas V, and Delta IV Heavy, designation on the U.S. Air Force $46B EWAAC IDIQ through 2031, and recurring "Supplier of the Year" recognition from ULA (2022), LeoStella (2022), and Lockheed Martin (2021, 2024). Certifications include AS9100D, Nadcap soldering (2019), J-STD-001 with Space Addendum, SAE AS13001 Delegated Product Release Verification (2024), and CMMC Level 2 C3PAO (June 2026). The company has 51-100 employees, has never raised institutional capital, and is led by CEO Norene Farr, President David Farr, VP of Engineering Brian Molen (2022), and VP of Quality Terry Cole.

Name

Haigh-Farr, Inc.

Legal name

Haigh-Farr, Inc.

Website

https://haigh-farr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Haigh-Farr, Inc. is a Bedford, NH-based, family-owned aerospace antenna manufacturer founded in 1969, designing and producing conformal and non-conformal antennas for defense primes, NASA, launch vehicle integrators, and commercial smallsat operators. Its Wraparound, Flexislot, Omnislot, Blade, Patch, Button, and ESA antenna families support telemetry, GPS, FTS, and data-link applications across 100+ vehicle types and 21 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerospace antennas and RF components

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728)

akta.pro primary industry

Radomes & Composite/Aero Protective Structures (IMABAEAG)

Keywords

• Conformal antenna design
• Aerospace RF components
• Flight termination antennas
• Space-qualified antennas
• Defense antenna systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Bedford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Antenna Hardware Sales: Haigh-Farr designs, develops, and manufactures custom conformal and non-conformal antennas for aerospace vehicles. Customers submit RF requirements through an antenna questionnaire, and Haigh-Farr engineers designs tailored to specific vehicle geometries and environmental conditions. Both off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom-designed antennas are sold across defense, space, and commercial markets.
2. Support Hardware Sales: Sale of complementary support hardware including test hats and hoods, power dividers, combiners, hybrids, and diplexers. These products utilize the same construction standards as Haigh-Farr antennas and are designed to work seamlessly with antenna offerings.
3. Engineering and Testing Services: Design and engineering services including pattern analysis, mechanical analysis, thermal analysis, RF testing, and environmental testing. The company performs in-house testing using its own equipment and expertise, including thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, humidity, vibration, shock, and radiation pattern testing.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Haigh-Farr designs, develops, manufactures, and tests conformal and non-conformal antennas (Wraparound, Flexislot, Omnislot, Patch, Blade, Button, and active ESA types) covering 150 MHz to 26 GHz for aerospace vehicles including missiles, rockets, launch vehicles, aircraft, UAVs, and satellites. The company also sells support hardware (power dividers, combiners, hybrids, diplexers, test hats, and hoods) and offers in-house RF and environmental testing plus pattern, mechanical, and thermal analysis services.

Product overview

Haigh-Farr is a world leader in the design, development, manufacture, and testing of antennas for aerospace applications. The product portfolio centers on conformal and non-conformal antennas including Wraparound, Flexislot, Omnislot, Patch, Blade, Button, and Active (ESA) antenna types, complemented by support hardware (Power Dividers, Test Hats), all supported by in-house RF and Environmental Testing Services, Pattern Analysis, Mechanical Analysis, and Thermal Analysis. The company serves Defense, Space, and Commercial markets with antennas for missiles, rockets, aircraft, UAVs, satellites, and launch vehicles covering frequencies from 150 MHz to 26 GHz.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wraparound Antennas Self-contained, omnidirectional conformal antenna for cylindrical or conical shaped vehicles using single-point feed with no external splitters, combiners, or cable harnesses required; available from 300 MHz to 13 GHz with multi-channel and multi-task capabilities for Flight Termination, GPS, Telemetry, Data Links, and Transponder applications in aerospace vehicles.
• Flexislot Antennas Conformal antenna designed for simple installation and retrofit on flat, cylindrical and conical shaped bodies, providing broad-beam E-plane pattern coverage; available from 300 MHz to 13 GHz and can be arrayed for directive beam shapes or wider spherical coverage.
• Omnislot Antennas Thin, conformal, aerodynamic antenna providing radiation pattern characteristics of a stub or blade antenna, suitable for applications where blade antennas may be damaged (e.g., RPV net retrieval, high aero-heating environments); available from 300 MHz to 13 GHz in flush or exterior mount configurations.
• Patch Antennas Thin, rugged, space-qualified antennas with stripline construction and all circuitry contained inside the radome; designs available from 150 MHz to 26 GHz with bandwidths from 1 to 10 percent of center frequency and operational temperature range of -100°C to +200°C.
• Blade Antennas Low-cost, low-profile blade antennas covering frequencies from 300 MHz to 8 GHz with omnidirectional azimuth coverage and filled-in elevation null; in use for over 30 years in airborne applications with over 30,000 units produced across models including P/N 16150-XXX and P/N 16400-XXX.
• Button Antennas Ultra-small, rugged antennas for size- and weight-critical applications covering frequencies from 350 MHz to 9.6 GHz with omnidirectional coverage in a high-impact, high-temperature radome package.
• Electronically Steerable Array (ESA) Active phased-array antenna product for ground and flight applications requiring one or more simultaneous, actively directed RF energy patterns; uses digital array practices with 5G digital-era chipsets, modular antenna element building blocks (single or dual polarization), FPGAs, and processors running customized complex vector algorithms for digital beamforming with simultaneous auto-tracking of multiple dynamic RF sources; operations in S- and L-Band.
• RALT (Radar Altimeter) Antennas Radar altimeter antennas typically deployed in pairs with high isolation (-85 dB with 24-inch separation), flush-mounted and conformal to the vehicle outer mold line; boresight gain of 9 dBi, E-plane beam width of 60 degrees, H-plane beam width of 50 degrees, 3.5 inches square, less than 0.1 inch thick, 2 oz.
• Power Dividers, Combiners, Hybrids and Diplexers Support hardware line providing 2, 3, 4, or 6-way division available from UHF to X-Band frequencies, with equal amplitude in-phase, unequal amplitude distribution, phase progression, and quadrature hybrid options; built with the same rugged construction as Haigh-Farr antennas.
• Test Hats and Hoods RF containment devices providing tight EMI seal with leakage typically -80 dB or lower; constructed from solid aluminum one-piece case with conductive EMI gasket; coupling factor range 4 dB to 30 dB; frequencies from UHF to x-Band.
• RF Testing Services RF performance testing using four in-house anechoic chambers including Farfield (300 MHz to 26.5 GHz) and Nearfield systems (200 MHz to 40 GHz) with Agilent test equipment and Orbit FR software.
• Environmental Testing Services In-house environmental testing using 8 thermal chambers, a thermal vacuum chamber, two UD T2000 shakers for vibration and shock, 2 humidity chambers, and a resonant-beam shock system to qualify antennas for harsh aerospace environments.
• Pattern Analysis Design engineering service using commercial and proprietary simulation tools to model antenna performance with specific vehicle geometries and co-site objects.
• Mechanical Analysis Simulation of mechanical performance under vibration, acceleration, and shock to ensure antenna hardware survives harsh mission environments, using the latest mechanical simulation tools.
• Thermal Analysis Thermal performance calculation using provided thermal data to determine antenna temperature in flight and select appropriate thermal protection for the mission profile.
• Miniature S-Band Antenna (P/N 3756) Miniature S-Band antenna designed for CubeSat applications, one of the smallest in the industry at 1.378 square inches and 22 grams.
• COTS Satellite Antennas Commercial Off-The-Shelf antenna line for satellites that provides faster, more cost-effective access to mission-ready antenna solutions without additional design time or NRE costs; initial products include S-Band Rx/Tx antennas, a GPS antenna, and associated test hats targeting 1U CubeSats.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40,000 aircraft and spacecraft antennas delivered to 21 countries across more than 100 vehicle types
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Firefly AerospacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2025Haigh-Farr supplied the X-Band antenna for Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar mission (launched January 15, 2025; Moon landing March 2, 2025), which achieved the first fully successful commercial Moon landing. The antenna enabled rapid downlink of HD imagery and science data transmission back to Earth.
• U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2025Haigh-Farr was awarded a position on the $46 billion Enterprise-Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC), awarded by AFLCMC Armament Directorate. This IDIQ contract spans through 2031 and provides a platform for acquiring advanced armament technologies. The EWAAC inclusion allows Haigh-Farr to support Air Force procurement of innovative technologies including ESA antenna technology.
• LeoStellacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2023Five-year partnership where Haigh-Farr designs and delivers antennas, test hats, and supporting hardware for LeoStella's small satellites. LeoStella is a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and BlackSky, specializing in cost-effective smallsat manufacturing at scale. Haigh-Farr received LeoStella's 2022 Supplier of the Year award.
• United Launch Alliance (ULA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2022Haigh-Farr provides antenna and support hardware for ULA's Vulcan, Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy launch vehicles. The company received ULA's 2022 Government Operations Supplier of the Year Award, being one of 12 suppliers recognized out of ULA's supplier base of over 2,000.
• Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire ControlcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 July 2021Haigh-Farr has supported the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) program for over 20 years and was named Outstanding Small Business Supplier by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in 2021. In 2024, Haigh-Farr was again recognized as one of 14 Exceptional Small Business Suppliers by Lockheed Martin.
• InmarsatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2021Inmarsat was awarded a UK Space Agency National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) contract to develop the InRange satellite-based telemetry relay system for rocket launches. Haigh-Farr collaborated with Inmarsat, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and Safran Data Systems to develop the L-band antenna for this system. This partnership supports global launch providers by reducing dependency on traditional ground-based monitoring infrastructure.
• Northrop GrummancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2020Haigh-Farr was selected as Outstanding Supplier for Northrop Grumman's OmegA rocket, which launches national security missions for the U.S. Space Force. Haigh-Farr created a specialized antenna system with four individually selectable antennas providing full RF power via directed antenna patterns for high data throughput telemetry transmission.
• BoeingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHaigh-Farr is a preferred supplier to the Boeing Company and has received Superior Performance Awards from Boeing. Provides antenna solutions for Boeing aerospace programs.
• Sierra Nevada CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDream Chaser spacecraft (manufactured by Sierra Nevada Corporation) uses Haigh-Farr conformal antennas for multiple RF applications in the reentry/reuse vehicle market.
• TyvakminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHaigh-Farr has designed a 6-element GPS array for Tyvak's small satellite applications, leveraging extensive experience with major launch and spacecraft customers for CubeSat and smallsat solutions.
• Veterans Count (Seacoast Chapter)minorOthersHaigh-Farr provides Gold sponsorship to The Runnymede Formal, the 10th Annual Salute Our Soldiers Gala hosted by the Seacoast Chapter of Veterans Count. Veterans Count provides military members and their families with resources and services to support their needs. The Seacoast Chapter has raised over $3 million over 10 years.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Raytheon (RTX): RTX (Raytheon) is a major defense prime with extensive missile, radar, and RF subsystem portfolios including antenna products. Highly relevant as both a customer (via PAC-3 / missile programs) and a competitor for antenna subsystems on defense platforms.
• Thales: Thales designs and manufactures aerospace antennas, RF subsystems, and avionics. Comparable through its joint venture with LeoStella (a Haigh-Farr customer) and as a global supplier of conformal and blade antennas for aerospace platforms.
• L3Harris Technologies: Diversified defense prime with significant RF, antennas, and electronic warfare businesses. Comparable as a large supplier of antennas and RF subsystems for tactical and space platforms across overlapping customer base of Lockheed, Northrop, Boeing, and DoD.
• Ball Aerospace (BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems): Ball Aerospace designs and manufactures spacecraft antennas, RF subsystems, and antennas for civil/military space missions. Comparable as a space-grade antenna and RF system supplier serving NASA, DoD primes, and commercial space customers with significant overlap in mission profiles.
• Honeywell Aerospace: Honeywell produces avionics, navigation, and communication antennas for commercial and military aircraft. Comparable as a broad aerospace antenna supplier with similar frequency coverage and qualification requirements, though serving larger commercial fleets.

Emerging players

• Maxtena: Maxtena designs high-performance GNSS, Iridium, and smallsat antennas with an emphasis on compact, lightweight active antennas. Comparable in targeting the smallsat/CubeSat antenna market where Haigh-Farr is expanding via its new COTS line.

Direct peers

• Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES): CAES manufactures rugged RF and microwave components, antennas, and subsystems for aerospace and defense platforms. Highly comparable to Haigh-Farr as a supplier of high-reliability antennas for missiles, launch vehicles, and military aircraft across similar frequencies and environments.
• Antcom: Antcom manufactures GNSS, Iridium, and custom antennas for aerospace, defense, and commercial markets with strong smallsat and airborne credentials. Comparable as a niche antenna specialist serving similar defense, space, and commercial aerospace customers.
• Sensor Systems (a Herley/Ultra company): Sensor Systems (now part of Ultra Electronics) designs and manufactures airborne antennas for military and commercial aircraft and UAVs. Comparable as a long-standing supplier of blade and conformal airborne antennas with overlapping defense prime customers.
• Antenna Research Associates: ARA designs and manufactures a wide range of antennas including conformal and broadband antennas for military and aerospace applications. Comparable niche supplier focused on custom antennas for defense and government customers with similar mission profiles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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