Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEI) is a world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of high-precision timing, frequency control and synchronization products for Space, Air, Sea and Terrestrial applications, headquartered at Mitchel Field, New York.
The technical excellence of FEI products have played an integral role in commercial, government and military systems, including satellite payloads, missiles, UAVs, piloted aircraft, GPS, secure radios, SCADA, energy exploration and wireline and wireless communication networks. FEI has received over 60 awards of excellence for achievements in providing high performance electronic assemblies in over 120 space programs.
Growth Opportunity
Due to its unique role in expanding wireless telecommunication, the total high precision time and frequency market is expected to grow substantially.With such extraordinary growth, FEI’s goal is to capture a larger share of this market and continue to grow as one of the industry’s most innovative companies.
Business Strategy
In today’s world of instant communication and need for synchronization, precise time and frequency products are essential. These agile systems are crucial in synchronizing communication networks and for providing reference frequencies for certain terrestrial and space applications in military, commercial and scientific programs. FEI’s mission is to utilize its proprietary technologies to provide the most advanced products for control of frequency and time to new worldwide markets.
FEI also continues to review opportunities to grow the Company by merger, acquisition, and strategic partnership.
Growth Drivers
The following are the key growth drivers for the high precision time and frequency industry as well as for FEI’s technologies and products.
- Increased synchronization requirements for wireless networks as services are expanded to maximize spectrum utilization.
- Replacement and upgrade of wireline synchronization systems in the US and throughout the world.
- Replacement of existing commercial satellites.
- Upgrade of US Government satellite systems to increase available bandwidth.
- Trend of US satellite integrators to outsource more of the payload.
- Secure radios for military applications.
- Improved guidance & navigation systems for advanced weapons systems and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
- Significantly improve seismic mapping in deep-hole drilling for oil & gas exploration.
Product Pipeline
To address and meet the needs of these growth areas, FEI has introduced a number of new products aimed at increasing its share of the high precision time and frequency market. These product initiatives are expected to generate substantial revenue in fiscal year 2021 and form the basis for continued revenue growth in future years.
- State-of-the-art master clocks, frequency generators and synthesizers, frequency converters and receivers for government and commercial satellite payloads.
- Unparalleled high performance and cost-effective Quartz oscillators for wireless network cell sites.
- A major proprietary breakthrough in a low gravitational-sensitivity (“low g”) clock with large military applications as well as certain commercial programs.
- An extremely high temperature, precision OCXO clock with the first application for deep earth drilling.
