[2] CEA Technologies was established in 1983, founded by two retired Royal Australian Navy personnel, Ian Croser and David Gaul.

It is intended that the government will not exercise direct control over the company, meaning that it will need to compete for business in Australia and be able to seek opportunities in the United States.

[6] In October 2023 the government revealed that it had spent $A365m on the transaction and it will own a 72 percent stake in the company with the option to buy the remaining share.

[7] The head office of CEA Technologies is located in Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory where the Organisation has a number of buildings, three of which are linked.

Approximately one third of the staff are engineers, covering all necessary disciplines needed to design and develop leading edge radar and military grade communications products.

[11] A land-based variant of CEAFAR, named Ground Based Multi-Mission Radar (GBMMR), uses six enlarged fixed-face AESA arrays mounted on a heavy truck.