Etobicoke, Ontario manufacturer of high-reliability RF, microwave and millimetre-wave assemblies for satellites, avionics, defence and radar, including transmit-receive assemblies flying on the OneWeb constellation.
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NANOWAVE Technologies describes itself as “a world-class designer and manufacturer of advanced microwave, millimeter-wave and electro-optic components and sub-systems”, located in Toronto “with a global network of market-leading customers”. It states that NANOWAVE “was founded in 1992 on a mission to provide high reliability, cutting-edge RF solutions” and that the company is “vertically integrated through all key functions including RFIC design” and thin-film processes. It says it occupies “50,000 sq. ft. of state-of-the-art engineering and manufacturing space including Class 100 to 10,000 clean rooms”, maintains compliance to AS9100D and ISO9001:2015, and employs “more than 240 people”.
Delivered more than 6,000 Ku/K/Ka-band transmit-receive assemblies to Airbus OneWeb Satellites, stated in July 2023 as operational aboard more than 600 OneWeb satellites. nanowavetech.com
Selected in May 2026 as part of an industry team to supply Ka-band amplifier assemblies for the US Space Development Agency's next-generation low Earth orbit constellation. No value disclosed. nanowavetech.com
Delivered cryogenic low-noise amplifiers to the National Research Council of Canada for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory in November 2025. nanowavetech.com
Secured follow-on orders from Honeywell Aerospace for aeronautical satcom power amplifiers, announced August 2026. nanowavetech.com
Supplies TR modules, datalinks, radar subsystems and IFF transmit/receive amplifiers for defence under Canada's Controlled Goods Program and U.S. ITAR. nanowavetech.com
Own site states it has shipped "more than 30,000 solid state weather radar and cockpit communications transceivers deployed on Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Embraer commercial airframes". nanowavetech.com
Builds an X-band avionic weather radar transceiver with up- and down-converter, X-band transceiver sub-systems, high-power SSPAs and INMARSAT transmitters for avionics. nanowavetech.com
Secured follow-on commercial-aerospace orders from Honeywell in August 2026 for power amplifier units used in aeronautical satcom terminals on commercial aircraft. No value disclosed. nanowavetech.com
Its quality system is certified to AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 by Intertek under ANAB accreditation, and it works to MIL-PRF-38534 Class H and K, DO-160, IPC-A-610F and J-STD-001. nanowavetech.com
Won a contract from Airbus Constellation Satellites in September 2025 for 1,000 Ku, K and Ka-band transmit/receive assemblies for Eutelsat's low Earth orbit constellation. No value disclosed. nanowavetech.com
Products Nanowave Technologies publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Avionics RF
X-band avionic weather radar transceivers with up- and down-converters, plus INMARSAT transmitters. The company claims over 30,000 weather radar and cockpit communications transceivers on Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer airframes.
Learn moreRF amplifiers
GaN high-power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers for radar and communications, and space RF payload equipment including transmit/receive sub-systems for satellite constellations.
Learn moreRadar system
Gap-filling and mobile weather radar systems built around its own high-power transmitters and transmit/receive subsystems.
Learn moreHow Nanowave Technologies says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Publicly announced partnerships.
R&D partnership under Canada's Industrial and Regional Benefits programme on Terma's SCANTER 6002 radar for the Royal Canadian Navy's Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (2017).
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative, FedDev Ontario — contribution
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