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“Erosion Rate Measurements for DART Spacecraft Ion Propulsion System”
Published 4 August 2022
Publication in Journal of Applied Sciences
Patent filing with USPTO, November, 2021:
ENGINE MODULAR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR REDUCED COST AND ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT, APPLYING A USER-SPECIFIED DESIGN PROCESS.
Custom designing a new EP thruster essentially for each mission leads to designs that are too complex and contain too many parts, require too much touch-labor to assemble, take too long to develop and qualify, and are therefore generally too costly to build and field.
Custom built EP thrusters cannot be readily reparable to accommodate issues associated with sub-assembly component infant mortality or out-of-family function.
Traditional EP thrusters cannot be readily reconfigured to accommodate changes in operational requirements and are therefore subject to rapid obsolescence.
Additionally, traditional EP thrusters are designed, developed, and manufactured as "one-and-done" items without a holistic approach relative to either product-line development, or portfolio development.
We are changing the way engines are designed by applying a system for modular design and construction to circumvent these issues and provide cost-effective technology for our customers, optimized for their mission needs.
Release of our IONPRO ™ Series Product Line and Portfoli0, 2023.
Designed around “Common Core” ™ sizes, Sub-kW, kW-Class, and High Power IONPRO ™ Engines will be available to support auxiliary- and primary-propulsion applications.
Company Facilities.
With private investments we are constantly making upgrades to our infrastructure to best support our customers. In addition to leveraging existing capabilities of our partner’s, we are in the process of developing in-house test capabilities. Check back for status.
ICOPS Mini Course on Electric Propulsion; May, 2022.
The mini course for the 2022 IEEE Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) was on the topic of "Plasmas for Space Propulsion." The course included a talk presented by DWP on "Gridded-Ion Thrusters." A PDF copy of the presentation is available upon request.