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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Busek is a recognized leader in fundamental research and development in a variety of fields ranging

from plasma physics, diagnostics techniques and carbon nanotube manufacture. SBIR / STTR Awards

Busek has a long history of successful SBIR/STTR work, having participated in over 150 programs.

Each of Busek’s flight programs has been the direct result of SBIR awards.

Recent Phase I awards (since 2010) • Miniaturized Low-Power Piezo Microvalve for NanoSat and CubeSat Propulsion

• High Efficiency Hall Thruster Discharge Power Converter

• Magnesium Based Rockets for Martian Exploration

• Low Mass Low Power Hall Thruster System • Compact Low Mass Propulsion for Responsive Space • Self Powered 1mN Thruster for CubeSats • Ultra-Compact Advanced Micro Pulsed Plasma Thruster for CubeSats

• High Current Negative Hydrogen Ion Source

• Photo Triggered Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Cathode for Free Electron Lasers • Dual Mode Low Power Hall Thruster

• Magnesium Hall Thruster for Solar System Exploration

• 20mN, Variable Specific Impulse Colloid Thruster • Beam Focusing Carbon Nanotube Cathode for Traveling Wave Tubes Recent Phase II awards (since 2010) • ESPA Based Secondary Payload (PROPACS)

• Precise Thrust Actuation by a Micro RF Ion Engine

• Catalyst-Free, High Throttleable, Electric Propulsion Thruster

• Ammonia Micro-Resistojet Propulsion System for CubeSats • Bismuth Hall Thruster Spacecraft Interactions Study

• Metal Hydride Energy Source for HALE Aircraft Propulsion

• Variable - Isp Ionic Liquid Electrosprary Thruster

• Compact Low Mass Propulsion for Responsive Space