Col Joe Boyle Col Joe Boyle Associate Director, Propulsion - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Col Joe Boyle Col Joe Boyle Associate Director, Propulsion Associate Director, Propulsion Air Force Research Laboratory Air Force Research Laboratory

Agenda • NASA Collaboration – NRPTA – IHPRPT • Test Stand Legacy • Reusable Booster Engines • Orbit Transfer Propulsion • Power 2

AFRL-Edwards Test Stands Test Stand 1D Test Stand 2A Test Stand 1A – RS-68 Engine Test Stand 1-32 – SR-19 Firing • 20 Rocket Test Complexes with 51 Test Cells • 60% of the Nation’s Million-lb class engine stands • Three recently refurbished Apollo-era stands • Legacy includes development and production testing of upper-stage & booster-class liquid and solid rockets 3

Reusable Boost • Capabilities – Full Flow Cycle, • Enables 10 times engine life & reliability – Hydrostatic Bearings – Oxygen Rich Compatible IPD Oxygen Pump IPD Hydrogen Materials Test Pump Test – Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring – Advanced Engine Cooling IPD Oxygen Preburner IPD Hydrogen Test Preburner Test Rocketdyne RS-27 4

Orbit Transfer Propulsion Combine for Scalable AFRL Developing High Propulsion System for Orbit Power Hall Thrusters Transfer Applications 20 kW High Performance Hall Thruster …and Clustered Hall Thruster Technologies Enables High Priority Missions • – Cargo Transport for Manned Exploration – LEO-GEO Orbit Transfer Cluster of four 600 W Hall thruster 200 W Hall for clustered – Satellite Rescue & Servicing thrusters operation 5

Space Power • Enables Responsive Access Enables Responsive Access- -To To- -Space For On Space For On- -Demand Demand • Enables Responsive Access-To-Space For On-Demand • Delivery of Mission Assets To Low Earth Orbit Delivery of Mission Assets To Low Earth Orbit Delivery of Mission Assets To Low Earth Orbit � Affordable Affordable Spacelift Spacelift Enabling New Space Ops Enabling New Space Ops � Affordable Spacelift Enabling New Space Ops � � Eliminate Central Hydraulics Eliminate Central Hydraulics - - Decrease System Decrease System � Eliminate Central Hydraulics - Decrease System � Complexity Complexity Complexity � Fault Tolerant “Smart” Power Improves Reliability Fault Tolerant “Smart” Power Improves Reliability � Fault Tolerant “Smart” Power Improves Reliability � Advanced Energy Advanced Energy Advanced Energy Storage Devices Storage Devices Storage Devices (Lithium Ion Battery) (Lithium Ion Battery) (Lithium Ion Battery) Thermal Management Thermal Management Thermal Management Fuel Cells Fuel Cells Fuel Cells Turbo Generator Turbo Generator Turbo Generator Variable Speed Drives Variable Speed Drives Variable Speed Drives 6

Our Mission Our Mission Create & Transition Create & Transition Propulsion and Power Propulsion and Power Technology for Military Technology for Military Dominance of Air and Space Dominance of Air and Space