Thermal Technologies

The Aerospace Products Group is the world's leader in two-phase thermal management of spacecraft and has over 30 years of experience designing and manufacturing space-qualified products for a variety of Government, military, and commercial customers. By combining engineering expertise in thermal and structural design with hardware fabrication, the Products Group provides leading-edge thermal management solutions not only to the aerospace community but also to customers such as the Navy for cooling communication electronics onboard submarines. The Aerospace Products Group works closely with other engineering experts, customer staff, and vendors to provide a systems-oriented, multidisciplinary approach to successfully meet customers' needs, whether that need is for Design-to-Performance or Build-to-Print programs.

Capabilities

Capabilities include design, manufacture, test, and integration of complete two-phase thermal control systems. The Aerospace Products group provides

• Heat Pipes (-260°C to +175°C)
• Heat Pipe Radiators and Equipment Panels
• Two-Phase Loops (CPL and LHP)
• Deployable Radiators
• Phase Change Materials (PCM)
• Thermal Blankets (MLI)
• OSRs, FOSR, and Paints
• Thermal Louvers
• Cryogenics
  • Heat pipes
  • Two-Phase Loops
  • Thermal Switches
  • Thermal Storage Units
  • System Integration
• Composite Structures
  • Composite Panels, Tubes, Struts, and Assemblies
  • Bonded Aluminum Structures
  • Optical Benches
• Instrument Doors
• Power Subsystems
  • Mechanical and Electrical Integration of Batteries
  • Systems Engineering, Mechanical Design, and Integration Support for Complete Solar Array Systems

Facilities/Resources

• 73,000 sq. ft. of engineering office space including 100 Mbit ethernet with engineering software tools, 600 PCs, and 12 workstations
• 105,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space for product fabrication including Heat Pipes, Two-Phase Loops, Thermal Systems, Structures, and Mechanisms
• New 35,000 sq. ft. building for integrated products and structures
• 8,100 sq. ft. Machining Center
• 16,000 sq. ft. of I&T space including cleanrooms and vacuum chambers
• 8' x 19' Autoclave
• 14' x 16' Curing Oven

Cryogenic CPL

Commercial Heat Pipe Panel

Contact

space@atk.com