Thanehall Technical Services Information

Thanehall Technical Services designs, builds and integrates bespoke Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for aerospace, defence and telecoms clients across Europe. Founded in 1985 and operating from a secure site in Norwich, we deliver complete lifecycle support — from requirements analysis and hardware design through to test software, system integration, and technical documentation. Our most demanding work has included Mil. Std. 4370 Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) test racks and Mil. Std. 1519 Test Requirement Documents for Eurofighter Typhoon, C/ATLAS test programmes for the ECR90 radar, and RF/optical ATE for 4G/5G and distributed antenna system products. Clients have included Airbus, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Leonardo, Rohde & Schwarz, Meggitt, and Zinwave. Test Systems We develop bespoke test systems to specific customer requirements, including 19" rack-based platforms, bench-top units, bed-of-nails fixtures, portable test equipment, and fully integrated embedded control panels which can be built to MIL-STD, DEF STAN, STANAG, ISO, IEC, and IEEE frameworks as required. Software & Firmware Test software, embedded firmware, and device drivers developed across LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, C, C++, C#, C/ATLAS, and STM32CubeIDE. Full support for acceptance testing, factory testing, serviceability diagnostics, ESS, functional qualification, and V&V. Technical Documentation Test Requirement Documents, Acceptance Test Procedures, Environmental Test Procedures, maintenance and fault diagnosis manuals, and requirements traceability written to customer-specific standards as required. Thanehall is ISO 9001:2015 accredited (certified by DNV), Cyber Essentials certified, and JOSCAR registered. We operate from our own secure facility in Norwich and provide on-site support at customer premises when required.