Systima's Ballistic Parachute System Successfully
Demonstrated during NASA's Orion PA-1 Test:

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NM., May 6th, 2010

Systima Technologies, in conjunction with our Pioneer Aerospace partners, are proud to have supported the NASA and Lockheed Orion team on their successful Pad Abort Flight Test (PA-1) that occurred May 6th, 2010 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Systima designed and supplied the Forward Bay Cover (FBC) Parachute Deployment System for this test flight. FBC jettison relies on two parachutes that are each deployed by a ballistic deployment system in order to uncover the capsule’s primary drogue and parachute recovery system. The FBC Parachutes were successfully deployed at 22 seconds into the PA-1 flight.

Systima Awarded Scramjet Cold-Start Cartridge Program:

SYSTIMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
BOTHELL, WA, April 16, 2010

Systima Technologies Inc., has been awarded a development program through a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract with the United States Air Force. The objective of this program is to develop a simple, lightweight and reliable Scramjet Cold-Start Gas Generator for hydrocarbon fueled, supersonic combustion systems. This gas generator would allow repeatable cold-start ignition for missile and aircraft systems promoting access to space and prompt strike/reconnaissance.

The speed of fluids through a supersonic scramjet combustor allows only milliseconds to permit adequate mixing of the fuel air mixture, ignite the fuel air mixture and sustain combustion. Systima proposes the development of a solid propellant gas generator as a lighter, more compact and reliable scramjet cold start system for the ignition of cold JP fuel in the scramjet combustor.

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Systima Successfully Demonstrates Missile Intercept Payload Deployment:

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER,
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA., May 28, 2009

Systima Technologies Inc., working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, completed the successful release and deployment of a simulated intercept payload in a sub-orbital flight test from a Terrier-Orion sounding rocket.  This flight test demonstrated key technologies required for missile intercept and sensor deployment in future Missile Defense Agency systems to combat existing and emerging ballistic missile threats.