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SAN DIEGO, 13 March 2008. Engineers at Space Micro Inc. in San Diego are working with experts at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., to build a MEMS-based miniature space weather instrument to help with satellite health monitoring.
Space Micro is working under terms of a phase-one Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
MEMS stands for micro-electro-mechanical systems, and describes extremely tiny machines and devices.
"The plan is to productize this technology and provide satellite designers with a device that offers a sensing capability that is equal to, or better than, current products on the market, but in a smaller package and at a lower price point," says David J. Bozek, vice president of the Space Micro Space Electronics division.
Space Micro experts plan to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies, "including commercially available MEMS foundries," says David J. Strobel, Space Micro's president and chief executive officer. For more information contact Space Micro online at www.spacemicro.com.
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