On The Cusp: What is Next?

53rd Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

March 11, 2015

Nelson Pedreiro

Science & Technology Director

Advanced Technology Center

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

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GLOBAL NAVIGATION OFPEOPLE, CARS, SHIPS,

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COMMUNICATIONSVOICE, VIDEO, DATA

Future of Space

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Imaging Interferometer Array

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Conventional Telescope

and focal plane

SPIDER Radial Blade

Design: Full sensor replaces

conventional telescope

Example: MRO HIRISE0.5 m aperture0.7m x 1.4m64.2 kg

Estimate0.75m x 0.1 m~ 6kg

Interferometer Tube Assy Array

14 per row

37 rows

Array Plate

Outer Align

Cylinder

Photonic

Integrated

Circuits (PIC)

Back Plate

Photonic Integrated Circuit Tests

Imaging Sensor Demonstration

Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for EO Reconnaissance -

Revolutionary approach:

From image plane to pupil

plane detection

Re-inventing Imaging SensorsRe-inventing Imaging Sensors

SPIDER

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Nanoelectronics

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8” wafer with over 500 NRAM® parts

built in commercial production foundry

A New Approach for Space Electronics

CuantumFuseTM: NanoCopperAll-metal adhesive system creates bulk copper metal joints from fusion at 200 C

NRAM®: CNT MemoryRadiation Tolerant, Non-Volatile, Low-Power

Packaged 2nd Generation

4 Mb NRAM® part

CNT-FETs: CNT Field Effect Transistor Stackable, flexible and can be fabricated on a wide number of substrates

200 nm Gate

DrainSource

CNT Fabric

CNT-FET circuits on

Kapton substrate

Comparable operation to

Si FETs: High electron

mobility; Microwave to

millimeter wave

Stackable CNT Electronics:Enables system on chip architectures

All-CNT solution

enables 3-D

integration with

improved scaling

and power

consumption

Thermal gasket

Solder-free

Electronics

Graphene:Filtration and sensor applications

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Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

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Printing a Satellite through Materials and Manufacturing Innovation

Selected Juno secondary structures built using additive manufacturing and CNT-based material

Titanium propellant tank: Additive manufacturing for schedule and cost reduction from machining forged billets

Multi-robot Additive Cluster:Additive, subtractive, fiber placement, pick and place, monitoring and inspection

APEX thermoplastic nanocomposite comparable strength to 6061 aluminum at lower density and cost

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