Design Services

Case histories include:

• Jack Screw Payload Deployment System, U.S. Patent 5,129,601.
• Chain Driven, Rail Guided Payload Deployment System, U.S. Patent 5,253,827.
• Multiple patents pending for designs of payload isolation systems.
• Significant design contributions to the International Space Station’s Flight Releasable Attach Mechanism (FRAM).
• Design, analysis, and testing of a Space Shuttle isolated cross-bay cargo carrier (NASA, Blackhawk, Wyle).
• Design, analysis, and testing of a Space Shuttle isolated cargo carrier (NASA, Blackhawk, Wyle).
• Design, analysis, and testing of the Oceaneering Space Systems Cargo Transport Container (Oceaneering Space Systems).
• Design review and analysis of Lockheed Martin’s Hubble Vehicle De-Orbit Module (Lockheed Martin).
• Design review/consultation of the Bigelow XM300 Habitat module (Bigelow Aerospace).
• Design review/consultation of a Ballistic Hardened Shelter metal/composite finite element model development (Bravo).
• Design review/consultation of the WASP MHU-226 Ammunitions Trailer (WASP, DoD).
• Concept design suggested for RASCAL RLV Rocket Plane satellite deployment system (Pioneer Rocketplane, DARPA).