Systima Technologies, Inc. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S3.02
Systima Technologies, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,928
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S3.02
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- WA
- Period
- 2016-06-10 → 2016-12-09
Description
Systima Technologies, Inc. has demonstrated a low power non-catalytic ignition technology for advanced green monopropellant thrusters operating with HAN-based monopropellant AF-M315E. This technology is also well suited for other HAN-based or ADN-based monopropellant formulations, such as LMP-103S, and will provide increased performance and new operating regimes for future NASA missions. The non-catalytic ignition system is a critical component for future high thrust in-space rocket engines operating with Ionic-salt based monopropellants, offering robust thruster design, higher chamber operation pressures, and cold-start capability. The proposed Phase I and Phase II programs will develop a model anchored with hot-fire test data and optimization of the ignition system and integrated thruster design to achieve performance targets for identified platforms.