DURHAM, N.H. — Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and the Michigan Aerospace Corporation have signed an exclusive option agreement to commercialize instrumentation originally developed at UNH’s Space Science Center for space-based missions and now being re-engineered for homeland security purposes. Three U.S. patent applications have been filed related to the Portable Neutron Spectroscope, […]

In Collaboration with the University of Michigan, Project Will Forecast Satellite Positions and Orbital Decay Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) today announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 1 contract to study and improve models of the upper atmosphere to better predict air drag on low-orbiting satellites. This U. S. […]

SBIR Project Will Develop New Sensor for Exploring Planetary Bodies in the Solar System Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by NASA. The contract, titled “Planetary Optical MEMS-Based Seismometer,” is for a highly sensitive seismograph to sense tremors on the Moon, […]

SBIR Advances the Science of Aircraft Propulsion Measurement and Control Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by NASA. The contract, “Optical Mach Probe,” will use a non-intrusive laser scattering technique to investigate high-speed flows to determine temperature, density and velocity. This […]

Highly Sensitive Instrument Can Detect and Locate Materials Used to Make Dirty Bombs. Researchers at Michigan Aerospace Corporation, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire’s Space Science Center (SSC), have been contracted by the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to build a highly sensitive instrument that will detect illicit radioactive materials with pinpoint […]