UNPARALLELED
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Desert Works Propulsion is the first + only provider of spacecraft electric propulsion expertise as a service.

Our team has designed and developed electric thrusters for both NASA and commercial space applications for four decades. Now, our mission is to democratize high-performance spacecraft electric propulsion, making this expertise accessible beyond government entities.

Teaming up with industry leaders not only saves you the time and resources of building an in-house team but also provides an unmatched competitive edge through our expertise, unattainable with internal resources.

From hardware design dilemmas to manufacturing complexities, we’re your partner every step of the way.

Fabricating Thruster Solutions

Our dedicated team excels in the analyses, design, and manufacturing of thruster components and assemblies, as well as high voltage test support equipment.

EP Thruster and Test Support Equipment Design, Fabrication & Assembly

We design and fabricate thruster components and assemblies, and High Voltage Test Support Equipment.

IONPRO ™ Series Products / Development

Designed around Engine “Common Core” sizes, Sub-kW, kW-Class, and High Power IONPRO ™ Engines can be built to support auxiliary- and primary-propulsion  applications.  Configurations include both cost-effective Conventional Ion Engines (CIE) and high-performance Annular Ion Engines (AIE). 

Applying our Patent-Pending Engine Modular Design and Construction approach we can develop cost-effective products that are highly-optimized for the customer’s specific mission requirements applying our User-Specified Design Process” . ™

Diagram of IONPRO Engine. Diagram is 3D appearing at tree-fourths perspective view. The sides of the diagram are transparent to see multiple layers of the engine.

Cost-Effective Test & Evaluations

We are investing in test infrastructure for DWP product development to support customer needs and requirements using cost-effective, novel, test approaches. These will be on-line in 2023. Let us know if we can be of value.