News
Here is some of what is happening at EDA:
- EDA has been awarded a new phase-I SBIR from the Air Force to develop a Hypersonic Plasma Adaptive Sensor System in conjunction with its phase-II work to develop a system to allow communication through the plasma layer surrounding a re-entering or hypersonic vehicle.
- EDA has been awarded a new phase-I SBIR from the Air Force to develop a nanoFET satellite propulsion system.
- EDA has been awarded a new phase-I SBIR from NASA to develop a low intrusive fiber optic plug for TPS materials.
- EDA is approaching the end of a 2004 phase II STTR with University of Michigan from the Air Force to investigate the use of Boron Nitride and MEMS gate structures for cold-cathode electron field emission.
- EDA's phase-I SBIR from the Air Force to develop a system to allow communication through the plasma layer surrounding a re-entering or hypersonic vehicle progressed from phase-I to phase-II in May 2006.
- EDA completed a phase-I SBIR from NASA to develop arc suppression technology for electrodynamic tethers and other high voltage conductors.
- EDA completed a phase-I SBIR from the Air Force to develop a two stage hall thruster using a helicon ionization source.
- EDA completed a phase-I SBIR from the Air Force to evaluate and mitigate the impact of charge-exchange ions produced by electric propulsion device plumes on laser communications systems, phase-II pending.
- EDA has been working with General Dynamics (now Aerojet) on Low-Power Ion Thruster cathodes.
- EDA has been modeling Micro-PPTs and ion thruster discharge chambers for the Air Force and NASA.
- EDA completed a round of testing various tether samples for The Michigan Technic Company and NASA.
Pictures
Electron Emission Simulation, Thermionic Electron Emitter, Electrodynamic Tether Electron Collection Experiments, Electrodynamic Tether Reboost for the International Space Station