news & testimonials

Founder & Chief Technical Officer of LeoLabs (now at SpaceX) Michael Nicolls described Ruamoko Innovation:

“Ruamoko was instrumental to the success of the Kiwi Space Radar. Prior to working with Ruamoko, LeoLabs struggled to find a structural engineering firm that was able to accept the unique challenges of this project: tight engineering constraints, budgetary requirements, and schedules. Through the design-engineering phase, Ruamoko took the time to deeply understand the goals driving the structural requirements, and in doing so were able to develop unique solutions to the project. Ruamoko’s design met LeoLabs’ performance needs, and did so within the aggressive budgetary and schedule constraints presented. As a result of the close working relationship established during the development and construction of the Kiwi Space Radar, LeoLabs expects to work closely with Ruamoko as it scales its solution to other radar sites around the world.”

ACE New Zealand CEO Paul Evans described Ruamoko Innovations involvement in the Kiwi Space Radar:

"This was an incredibly complex and exacting project with every single element considered in detail to determine its impact on the project. Ruamoko's innovative solutions ultimately dictated the final form, accuracy and performance of the radar and its data."

More information on the LeoLabs phased array radar can be found here.

Information about Ruamoko’s involvement with MBIE on this project can be found here.