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
- $124,892
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S3.02
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- WA
- Period
- 2014-06-20 → 2014-12-19
Description
Systima Technologies, Inc. is developing a non-catalytic ignition technology for advanced green ionic salt monopropellants such as HAN-based monopropellant AF-M315E. Green (non-hazardous, low toxicity) monopropellants such as AF-M315E offer significant advantages in performance and reduced handling infrastructure for vehicles and payloads compared to traditional hydrazine systems. Systima's innovative ignition technology does not require a catalyst bed, thus avoiding the need to pre-heat the thruster chamber, is light weight, and operates with very low power. This approach is well suited for applications that require a lower system weight, less power consumption and increased thruster lifetime, and is also well suited for auxiliary power units (APU's). The Phase I program will establish parameters for non-catalytic ignition of AF-M315E. In Phase II we will conduct extended life hot-fire testing, evaluate system performance, and identify paths to flight demonstration in collaboration with Aerojet Rocketdyne.