SBIR/STTR Research Award
Pulsed FEEP Thruster With Adjustable ISP For Precision Propulsion
Award amount
$99,947Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- ALAMEDA APPLIED SCIENCES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2004-05-07
- Contract end date
- 2004-11-07
- UEI
- KFQ5MZYFRJ99
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- MDA04-019
Research abstract
AASC proposes to develop a pulsed field emisson electric propulsion system with adjustable specific impulse for microsatellites. A multiemitter liquid metal ion source array is paired with an innovative pulsing network that allows ion emission to be switched using pulses of a few hundred volts. A new automated system is proposed to ensure high effciency over a wide range of ISP. The phase I will develop and test a prototype system to prove the concept. The phase II effort will scale this system up using MEMS technology.
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.
- High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions
- High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions
- High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Simple Colloid Thruster for Generating Precise Impulse Thrust
- Simple Colloid Thruster for Generating Precise Impulse Thrust
- Precision Propulsion Concepts for Microsatellites
Research funding history
102 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2021). Reported award amounts total $29,019,816. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services