Defence
Military Communications
Habia Cable is one of the leading European Manufacturers of special cables, active in many defence fields including electronic warfare systems, military local area networks, underwater weapons, military vehicles and radio communications systems. Recent successes include halogen-free cables for Electronic Warfare Systems and Weapon Control Systems for MoD (Navy) ships, and lightweight ruggedised cables for vehicle mounted communications systems.

Design Skills
Matching system cabling needs to Habia's capabilities is a practical and an intuitive process. Our experienced engineers understand the requirement and context of that need. Their assessment is fed directly into our advanced design facility, where state of the art CAD programmes produce the technical design solution, ready for costing and production planning. Our skilled designers are able to balance particular requirements of size, weight, technical specification and legislative or environmental demands to produce a solution which is technically complex without compromise.

EMC
We are able to offer a number of different screen options on all cables to meet the EMC requirements of the system. In designing the screen type, other requirements will be taken into consideration such as cable size, weight, flexibility and the screen termination method. Cost may also be a factor which should be considered. If required, Habia are one of the few cable manufacturers able to provide measurements of cable screen transfer impedance (i.a.w. IEC 46A or IEC 96-1) on development or production cables.

System Compatibility
Modern communications system depend on functional reliability and minimum down-time. Depending on the complexity of the platform installation, harnesses are designed to be repaired in the field or easily replaceable. Maintainability will therefore determine how the harness in manufactured and what components are used, eg overmoulding or heatshrink boots. As a material specialist, Habia has developed insulation and sheating materials which not only meet the tough environmental and physical requirements of military systems such as low toxicity, zero halogen, flame retardent and NBCD, but are also compatible with other harness system components such as heat-shrink boots, adhesives and moulding materials from major manufacturers.