Enterprise Electronics Corporation
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Meteorological equipment |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Enterprise , United States |
Area served | Worldwide (more than 90 countries) |
| Products | Commercial weather radar systems (S Band, C Band, X Band), weather satellite ground stations |
Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC), established in 1971 and headquartered in Enterprise, Alabama, specializes in commercial weather radar systems and serves clients in more than 90 countries globally. Having engineered and produced upwards of 1,000 radar units, EEC offers solutions across S Band, C Band, and X Band frequencies. In 2013, the company broadened its capabilities by acquiring the weather satellite ground station segment from Environmental Systems & Services Pty Ltd (ES&S), an Australian firm.
History
EEC was created by a team of radar engineers and introduced its initial product, the WR-100-3 radar, in 1972, which was installed at WKY TV (currently KFOR) in Oklahoma. The subsequent model, WSR-100-5, was launched in 1974. Manufacturing of the WSR-74 series—mainly C-band radars—commenced the following year. The company’s portfolio included commercial S and C-Band radars utilizing both cavity magnetron and klystron technologies. Notably, in 1974, the US National Weather Service contracted EEC to deliver 160 WSR-74 units to modernize their nationwide radar infrastructure.
EEC has grown to become a prominent private radar supplier for broadcast media and remains the sole US-based commercial provider offering a comprehensive range of weather radars with magnetron, klystron, and solid-state transmitters. Its TeleSpace division specializes in direct readout ground station systems compatible with geostationary and polar-orbiting weather satellites. From 2016 to 2017, TeleSpace supplied the first commercial GOES-16 ground station installations throughout the Americas.
Innovations
The company has pioneered multiple advancements within the industry:
- 1972 – Launched the first commercial weather radar (WSR-100)
- 1975 – Developed the inaugural Digital Video Integrator Processor (DVIP)
- 1980 – Created the first digital signal processor
- 1981 – Introduced the first commercial Doppler weather radar tailored for television broadcasters
- 1988 – Delivered the first PC-based radar display system
- 2012 – Released the first commercially available solid-state X-Band radar
- 2014 – Rolled out the first operational Circular Depolarization Ratio (CDR) technology
- 2016 – Deployed the initial mobile, solid-state, dual-polarization X-Band radars to US television stations
- 2018 – Became the first commercial weather radar manufacturer honored with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for its StormRanger system