Marconi Research Centre

Marconi Research Centre is the former name of the current BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre facility at Great Baddow in Essex, United Kingdom. Under its earlier name, research at this site spanned military and civilian technology covering the full range of products offered by GEC-Marconi, including radio, radar, telecommunications, mechatronics and microelectronics.

At its peak, Marconi Research Centre employed more than 1,200 engineers, technicians, craftsmen and support staff. It was also home to the Marconi Company's museum containing numerous original artifacts from the pioneering period of Guglielmo Marconi's work on wireless telegraphy.

The site still includes a prominent local landmark, a -high (110 m) former Chain Home radar tower visible across the surrounding countryside.

Notable Marconi Research employees and scientists

• Sir Christopher Cockerell
• Sir Eric Eastwood, FRS
• Thomas Eckersley, FRS
• Bernard de Neumann
• Peter Wright, author of Spycatcher

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