CHATSWORTH, Calif., May
5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aitech Defense Systems Inc. was
recently awarded a contract by The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) to
provide space-grade products and services to support the Commercial
Crew Transportation System (CCTS) and Crew Space Transportation
(CST)-100 spacecraft, part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
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Aitech has been commissioned to develop and produce the crew
interface system computer and displays used to physically control
and maneuver the capsule. The new subsystem, consisting of a
display computer, pilot and copilot displays and keypads, gives the
space crew reliable, precision control of the craft using the
pilots' rotational and translational hand controllers.
Doug Patterson, VP, military
& aerospace business sector of Aitech, noted, "Being a part of
this next generation of manned spacecraft is a testament to the
reliable products and services we have been proud to deliver for
over three decades. In space, there is no room for error, a
philosophy we share in every system and board we deliver."
As a pioneer in true embedded and mission critical computing
technologies for environmentally-demanding, mission-critical
applications, Aitech draws on its wealth of experience with rugged,
space-qualified boards and subsystems to provide reliable computing
solutions for the program.
Boeing's CST-100 is being developed as part of NASA's Commercial
Crew Program, which aims to resume U.S.-based flights to space by
2017. The CST-100 will transport up to seven passengers or a mix of
crew and cargo to the ISS and other low-Earth orbit
destinations.
Under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap)
phase of the program, Boeing will build three CST-100s at its
Kennedy Space Center facility in
Florida. The spacecraft will
undergo a pad-abort test, an unmanned flight test and, ultimately,
the first crewed flight to the ISS in 2017.
Earlier this year, Boeing recently completed the first two
milestones in the CCtCap phase: the Certification Baseline Review
(CBR) and Ground System Critical Design Review (CDR).
CBR completion allows construction of system hardware, such as
the spacecraft and United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch vehicle
adaptor, to begin. It also keeps the effort for achieving
human-rated certification of the vehicle and ULA Atlas V rocket on
track.
The Ground System CDR evaluates all the ground operations and
systems, mission operation systems, facilities, training systems,
including mock-ups and trainers, and the control center.
For more information on the CST-100, please visit
www.boeing.com/cst100.
For more information on Aitech's space products, call
888-Aitech-8 (888-248-3248), visit http://rugged.com/space-products
or e-mail sales@rugged.com.
Contract Highlights:
- Crew interface system for CST-100 crew capsule
- SP0 SBC and other I/O boards for autonomous rendezvous and
docking (AR&D)
- First two program milestones completed by Boeing: CBR and
Ground System CDR
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ABOUT AITECH:
Established in 1983, Aitech offers
military and space-qualified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)
embedded computing products for rugged defense, aerospace and
astronautics (space) applications as well as provides radiation
tolerant and full MIL-SPEC solutions.
The company provides industry-standard, open architecture
VMEbus, CompactPCI and high speed serial fabric-based boards, power
subsystems, mass memory, enclosures and hardware subsystem
integration along with logistics, configuration control, component
obsolescence and earned-value management services.
Having pioneered the development of true military VMEbus
products for use in mainstream defense and aerospace applications,
Aitech utilizes its broad base of off-the-shelf products and
technologies to also develop customer-specific solutions, deliver
superior cost-performance and reliability, and expedite time to
market.
Applications for its products range from mission processors,
fire control, mission control and autonomous robotic subsystems for
ground vehicles as well as surface and subsurface naval platforms
to tactical and strategic fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and low-
to high-earth orbit and deep space vehicles.
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