SBIR/STTR Research Award
nanoFET Satellite Propulsion System for Defensive Counter Space
Award amount
$99,976Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Electrodynamic Applications Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2007-09-18
- Contract end date
- 2008-06-18
- UEI
- EKN4D4FDZNV9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- AF07-T036
Research abstract
The nanoparticle field extraction thruster (nanoFET) is being developed as an efficient, variable specific impulse electric propulsion device. NanoFET provides thrust by extracting nanometer- to micron-sized particles from a liquid reservoir, and accelerating them electrostatically. With its high efficiency and large thrust-to-power ratio over an unprecedented specific impulse range (100 to 10,000 seconds), nanoFET can provide an exceptional improvement over current propulsion options. In addition, the nature of nanoFET, with its generated beam of solid particles, provides a significant opportunity for counter-space. The objective of this STTR project is to explore nanoFET's utility for the counter-space application. Our team will characterize a variety of coating, erosion, and momentum transfer effects generated by nanoFET that could be used to defend critical U.S. space assets.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Integrated Energetic Ion Mitigation for High Power Plasma Cathodes
- Divergent Field Annular Ion Engine
- Energetic Ion Mitigation Methodology for High Power Plasma Thruster Cathodes
- Fiber-Optic Pyrometer for Thermal Protection Systems
- Nonintrusive fiber interferometer for ablative TPS recession measurement
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A Coaxial High Energy Thruster for Defensive Space Applications
- NanoFET - Nanoparticle Field Extraction Thruster for Micro-Satellites and Defensive Counterspace
- Microwave Plasma Propulsion Systems for Defensive Counter-Space
- A Coaxial High Energy Thruster for Defensive Space Applications
Research funding history
29 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2015). Reported award amounts total $7,439,985. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation