SKUFF - SKF: Navigating the cosmos with precision | Benzinga
As the next generation Very Large Array navigates towards its key science goals, SKF's technology is playing a pivotal role in charting the stars.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF is providing key components for the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA), a $2 billion telescope system that aims to peer deeper into the universe than ever before.
The U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is planning the ngVLA to replace the highly successful Very Large Array, a group of 28 radio telescopes that have been operating in the New Mexico desert for more than 40 years. The new, more advanced and ambitious project will include 244 antennas arranged in a series of spiral arms on the current VLA site. Another 30 dishes will extend these arms more than 1,000 km across the Southwest, with additional dishes positioned across the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico to create a truly continental virtual telescope.
SKF technology will be integrated into the elevation ...