As astronaut Reid Wiseman said,"This is not NASA doing this. This is the United States of America doing this program, the Artemis program, and there are companies all across our country that have a part in it. So there is kind of this wave of excitement being generated just by saying, 'We're going back to the moon.'"
Advanced Test Equipment Corporation has been in business for the last 40+ years, headquartered in Sorrento Valley, and provides a wide variety of unique test equipment across a wide variety of markets, from Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Medical, Utilities and more.ATEC supports the Electromagnetic Compatibility testing that happens on the Orion spacecraft at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio.
We do what we do because we love what we do. And we are proud of being a part of the development of emerging technologies that will allow us and future generations to explore and make new discoveries in the field of space and aviation. Nothing makes us prouder then being part of these great endeavors.We supply Igniter Testers to Nasa JPL, specifically, our Alpha-4314 Series.
Applied Composites also manufactures the compression pad connections between the European Space Agency service module and the Orion crew module. These joints need to sustain extreme launch forces and are a critical component of the Orion capsule’s heat shield upon reentry. When Orion returns to Earth, our product will burn up, keeping Orion and our astronauts safe.
ATA Engineering’s contribution was at the system level, but the computer models that were validated through this effort are most important in ensuring a successful ascent of the SLS through Earth’s atmosphere.For ATA Engineering’s NESC support, the technology to perform modal tests and adjust the computer models to match the results of those tests is applied throughout the aerospace industry.