electronics defense aerospace founded 1949 1 key people jens maal e ceo products aerostructures space defense security & surveillance revenue dkk 1308 million 2014 2 profit dkk 71 million 2014 2 number of employees 1117 2014 2 website 1 terma a s is a danish defense and aerospace manufacturer for both civilian and military applications and is owned by the danish company thrige holding a s. it is denmark s largest company within the aerospace and defense industry employing approximately 1100 people worldwide . 3 the company was founded in 1949 by orla and svend aage j rgensen originally making thermometers and manometers for ships and a variety of metal components . 4 the group s international customers contribute more than 87 % of terma s total sales . 5 6 terma a s headquarters are located in lystrup near rhus denmark . in denmark other terma facilities are located at grenaa and herlev . terma international locations and operations include leiden and woensdrecht in the netherlands ; darmstadt near frankfurt germany ; harwell uk ; singapore abu dhabi united arab emirates and new delhi india . in 2004 the company opened an office in warner robins georgia . today the company s u.s. activities also include the terma north america inc. headquarters in arlington virginia and offices in fort worth texas and norfolk virginia . 7 contents 1 history 2 business areas and products 2.1 aerostructures 2.2 space 2.2.1 power conditioning units 2.2.2 star trackers 2.3 defense 2.4 security & surveillance 3 references 4 external links history edit terma was founded by the brothers orla and svend aage j rgensen in aarhus denmark where the company made thermometers and had fewer than 10 employees . 8 in 1949 it was bought by thorkild juncker . 8 juncker shifted therma a s in the direction of electronic measuring instruments and with the employment of a norwegian engineer soon developed a radar that would prove to be competitive in both price and quality . 8 within 6 years of buying therma juncker was employing up to 120 people before his untimely death in 1955 . . 8 it was under juncker s ownership and management that terma developed into the company it is today . 8 over a period of 20 years therma a s started developing radar computer and air defense systems and expanded to the european market and started producing missile systems . 9 the thomas b. thrige foundation took over the majority of the stocks in terma a s in 1980 . in the late 1990s terma a s acquired computer resources international a danish aerospace and defense company as well as the danish aircraft company per udsen co. aircraft . in 1999 the danish rsted satellite was successfully launched with terma a s being the lead supplier on the project . 10 the satellite is the only danish satellite launched into space . during the 2000s terma a s made agreements with lockheed martin to subcontract on the joint strike fighter aircraft . 11 later terma was chosen to develop and produce several components and designs for the f 35 joint strike fighter including the gun pod . 12 business areas and products edit terma delivers parts and technologies for the f 35 lightning the power conditioning unit and solar panels of the rosetta spacecraft is produced by terma terma s radar systems are used around horns rev wind farm to avoid the turning blades of the turbines from appearing as objects the business areas of terma can be divided into the following categories aerostructures space defense and security & surveillance aerostructures edit terma aerostructures a s is headquartered in grenaa denmark focusing on design and manufacture of aerostructures for aerospace and defense companies . terma is involved in the development of the f 35 lightning ii delivering a series of parts components and technologies to the fighter aircraft . 13 the company delivers leading edges through lockheed martin composite tail parts through bae systems 14 gun pods for the f 35b and c versions through general dynamics 15 as well as fuselage parts and electronics through northrop grumman corporation . 16 space edit space spd providing on board electronics and software for satellites as well as control centres . key focus areas are power conditioning systems and star trackers for satellites . power conditioning units edit terma delivers power conditioning systems to a series of major space products including esa s bepicolombo and rosetta . in the case of bepicolombo the power conditioning unit is the most powerful used on missions by the esa with a capacity of 14 kw powered by solar energy on its destination planet mercury . 17 in the rosetta project terma has developed a 64 square meter solar panel providing power at down to 4 percent of the earth s solar energy and at working temperatures down to 130 degrees celsius . 18 the pcu delivers a bus power capability of 1500 watt at a weight of 8 3 kilo . 19 20 star trackers edit since 1999 terma has manufactured star trackers for several scientific satellite missions including cryosat 1 and 2 adm aeolus lisa pathfinder and tacsat 1 2 and 4 . 21 22 23 24 defense edit terma produces c flex command and control systems for war ships including ships of the danish lithuanian romanian and thai navy . 25 the c flex systems and the terma scanter radar systems are supplied to new built ships such as the royal thai navy landing docks the danish absalon class support ships and the danish iver huitfeldt class frigates as well as upgrades on ships in service such as the danish thetis class and offshore patrol vessels . 26 27 the company develops electronic warfare protection systems and 3d audio systems as upgrades for the f 16 fighters of the royal danish air force . additionally terma has supplied electronic warfare solutions for the epaf countries and the u.s. air national guard for f 16 a 10 tornado and harrier aircraft . terma develops aircraft survivability equipment for a variety of sar and transportation helicopters 28 including the 14 royal danish air force eh 101 merlin helicopters in collaboration with agusta westland 29 and self protection systems for the royal netherlands air force ah 64d and ch 47 chinook helicopters . 30 the terma electronic warfare management systems are fielded internationally on more than 2 000 fighter and transportation aircraft and helicopters . 31 terma a s also produces missile warning systems as an integral part of the electronic warfare solution for the f 16s of the danish and norwegian air forces mounting the systems on pylons instead of the traditional fuselage installation . 32 security & surveillance edit the terma scanter 5202 radar is used by coast guard services including the u.s. coast guard 33 the spanish guardia civil the columbian coast guard the norwegian coast guard port of london and port of hong kong to track marine vessels and aircraft 34 35 while the terma et2 embedded tracker is developed to help track stealth objects or smaller objects in the presence of clutter . 36 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bae systems.htm https www.f35.com news detail terma enters into f 35 long term agreement with bae systems http www.thinkdefence.co.uk 2012 10 the terma f35 multi mission pod http www.prnewswire.com news releases northrop grumman selects terma as of denmark for f 35 joint strike fighter program 72317557.html http www.esa.int dan esa in your country denmark dansk stroemforsyning skal til merkur print http www.denstoredanske.dk it teknik og naturvidenskab astronomi rumfart satellitter og rumsonder rosetta stage mie . terma elektronik v kker rumsonde fra relang dvale ingeni ren 19 january 2014 . jensen h. & laursen j. power conditioning unit for rosetta mars express space power proceedings of the sixth european conference held 6 10 may 2002 in porto portugal . edited by a. wilson . european space agency esa sp 502 2002 . p. 249 bibliographic code 2002esasp .502 . .249 j http digitalcommons.usu.edu cgi viewcontent.cgi article 1477 & context smallsatz attitude and orbit control systems for the lisa pathfinder mission . aerospace science and technology . 24 283 294 . doi 10.1016 j.ast .2011.12.002 . https directory.eoportal.org web eoportal satellite missions c missions cryosat https directory.eoportal.org web eoportal satellite missions a adm aeolus http www.naval technology.com projects absalon unreliable source http www.strategicdefenceintelligence.com article bjtihtqf7sy 2013 09 11 terma to deliver scanter 4100 radar and c flex command contr http www.defenseworld.net news 3575 st marine awarded contract to terma for c series combat system for royal thai navy s lpd . vd tx9i1 ss http www.asdnews.com news 36268 aircraft survivability equipment for polish mi 17 and mi 24 helicopters.htm http www.airforce technology.com news newsterma dalo complete flight test of rdaf ttt helicopter ew suite in denmark 4150291 unreliable source http www.dutchdefencepress.com p 10651 http cloud computing.tmcnet.com viewette.aspx u http % 3a % 2f % 2fcloud computing.tmcnet.com % 2fnews % 2f2012 % 2f07 % 2f11 % 2f6428936.htm http www.defencetalk.com norway terma radar warner for f 16s 35289 http www.gsnmagazine.com pdfs 2013awards gsn2013awards.html http www.homelandsecurity technology.com news newscolombia selects scanter radars for coastal surveillance http www.defensemedianetwork.com stories maritime security 2013 west focuses on improving port and coastal surveillance http www.homelandsecurity technology.com news newsterma unveils et2 embedded tracker for coastal surveillance external links edit terma a s official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title terma a s & oldid 742200916 categories companies of denmarkdefense companies of denmarkaerospace companies of denmarkmanufacturing companies of denmarkengineering companies of denmarkcompanies established in 1944companies based in aarhushidden categories all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from june 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported 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