SpaceAge Control

Infobox_Company
company_name = SpaceAge Control, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = Air Data and 3D Displacement Sensors for a Demanding World
foundation = 1968
location = Palmdale, California
industry = Aerospace Manufacturing Sensor
products = Air Data Sensors, 3D Displacement Sensors
homepage = [http://spaceagecontrol.com http://spaceagecontrol.com]

SpaceAge Control (SPA) is a design, manufacturing, and service company focused on markets requiring:

* air data / flow sensing and measurement
* 3D displacement sensing and measurement

SPA has supplied air data sensing products to aircraft manufacturers for nearly 35 years. During this time, SPA has developed numerous custom and proprietary products to support the advancement of aviation world-wide. Recent activities include air data probes on hypersonic flight vehicles and a multi-function air data probe for NASA’s research into "refuse to crash" technology.

History

SpaceAge Control was established in 1968 to design, develop, and manufacture pilot protection devices in support of space-based and high-performance test aircraft programs. In 1970, the company was awarded a NASA contract to produce precision, small-format position transducers for aircraft flight control testing. The successful completion of this contract led to the development and production of a complete line of innovative, small-size position transducers.

In 1974, the company was tasked with producing a multi-dimensional "swivel head" air data probe to enhance total and static pressure accuracy at the high angles of attack associated with rotary wing aircraft. The resulting product, the 100510 air data boom, is used extensively today for a broad range of flight test air data sensing requirements to include STOL, VSTOL, rotary wing, business jet, military transport, and general aviation aircraft. Through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, virtually all U.S., Canadian, and European aerospace companies have used the company's air data products and position transducers in their research, development, and test activities. Often, these products were designed and manufactured to custom specifications.

In 1989, the company began its focus on umanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the development and introduction of the 100400 miniature air data boom. That product success led to the adoption of SpaceAge Control air data products on a broad range of unmanned aircraft to include aerial targets, autonomous vehicles, and experimental vehicles.

Also in 1989, a single auto racing team began using these position transducers to monitor throttle movement and suspension travel. This use resulted in the adoption of the products in automotive test and measurement projects including anthropomorphic dummy instrumentation, impact testing, and control verification.

SPA products are used by over 600 customers in 20 industries and in over 30 countries.

Businesses

Air Data Sensing

:*Pitot Probes:*Pitot-Static Probes:*Angle-of-Attack Sensors:*Air Temperature Sensors:*Static Pressure Ports:*Flight Test Air Data Booms:*Trailing (Static) Cones:*Trailing Bombs

3D Displacement Measurement

:*OEM displacement sensors:*MMI (man-machine-interface) sensors:*CMM (coordinate measurement machine) sensors

Selected Platforms

:*10 Tanker DC-10:*AAI Shadow UAV:*Accurate Automation/NASA X-43A-LS:*Adam Aircraft A500:*Adam Aircraft A700:*Advanced Ceramics Research Silver Fox:*AeroVironment Pathfinder:*AgustaWestland AW119:*Apache Longbow:*ATG (Aviation Technology Group) Javelin:*Augusta Bell BA609:*Aurora Fiight Systems :*BAE SYSTEMS Corax:*BAE SYSTEMS Hawk:*BAE SYSTEMS Herti 1A:*BAE SYSTEMS Raven:*Bell 400:*Bell 407:*Bell 412:*Bell 427:*Bell 609:*Bell AH-1Z:*Bell ARH-70A:*Bell Eagle Eye VSTOL UAV:*Bell HV-911 Eagle Eye:*Bell OH-58D Kiowa:*Bell Tail Fan Demonstrator:*Bell UH-1Y:*Boeign hypersonic air vehicle:*Boeing A160 Hummingbird:*Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache:*Boeing F-15 Eagle:*Boeing F-15 Eagle:*Boeing F/A-18 Hornet:*Boeing X-36:*Boeing X-37:*Boeing X-50A:*Boeing X-50A Dragonfly:*Boeing/Bell V-22 Osprey:*Boeing/NASA X-37:*Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche:*Bombardier Challenger:*Cessna 400:*Cirrus Design (various):*Composite Engineering BQM-167i:*D-Star Engineering D'HumBug:*Diamond Aircraft D-Jet:*Dragonfly Pictures DP-4:*DRS Technologies crew escape vehicle:*Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500:*Epic Aircraft LT:*Eurocopter EC130:*Eurocopter EC130-B4:*Eurocopter EC225:*FACL F1 Kestrel:*Found Aircraft Canada Bush:*Freewing Scorpion:*Georgia Tech Research Institute Manta:*Grob Aerospace spn:*Gulfstream Aerospace "G" aircraft:*Honda HondaJet:*Insitu Integrator:*INTA SIVA UAV:*KAI T-50:*Lockheed L10ll:*Lockheed Martin C-130 AMP:*Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules:*Lockheed Martin C-5M:*Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor:*Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon:*Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II:*Lockheed Martin hypersonic air vehicle:*Lockheed Martin L-1011:*Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion:*Lockheed Martin TR-1 :*Lockheed Martin U-2 :*McDonnell Douglas MD-80/MD-90:*McDonnell-Douglas MD-11:*McDonnell-Douglas DC-11:*MD Helicopter AH-6 Little Bird:*MD Helicopter MD 902 Explorer:*MD Helicopter MH-6 Notar:*NAL Saras:*NASA Langley Research Center space launch abort system:*NASA Langley S2:*NASA Sophia 747:*NASA/Boeing X-40A:*New Horizons Aircraft Horizon light sport aircraft:*Nextgen Aeronautics MFX-1:*Northrop F-117 Nighthawk:*Northrop Grumman E-2D:*Northrop Grumman RQ-8A Fire Scout:*Oregon Iron Works Sea Scout:*Piaggo P180:*Pilatus PC-21:*Pioneer Aerospace DTV:*Pioneer Aerospace DTV:*PZL 104 Wilga:*Qineteq Zephyr:*Raytheon Horizon:*Raytheon King Air:*SAIC Vigilante:*Scaled Composites Proteus:*Scaled Composites Space Ship One:*Sikorky S-92:*Sikorsky MH-605 Nighthawk:*Sikorsky S-70:*Sikorsky S-76:*Sikorsky S-92 Helibus:*Sikorsky SH-60R Strikehawk:*Sino Swearingen SJ30:*Spectrum Aeronautical Spectrum 33:*Stanford Dragonfly:*U.S. Navy F-18:*USAF C-12 Huron (Super King Air):*USAF F-16:*USAF RC-12 Guardrail:*Yamaha Motor R-Max VTOL

References

* [http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4185 String Potentiometer and String Encoder Engineering Guide]

External links

* [http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=8015570 Google Finance Entry for Company]
* [http://spaceagecontrol.com/ SpaceAge Control, Inc. website]
* [http://www.pitotstatic.com/ Pitot Static, Total Pressure, Static Pressure, Airspeed, Altitude, Pitot Tube, Static Port]