SAN FRANCISCO - Helicity Space, farkon California wanda ke haɓaka injunan haɓaka don jirgin sama, ya sanar da saka hannun jari a Afrilu 2 daga Lockheed Martin Ventures.
Yayin da jam'iyyun suka ki bayyana darajar zuba jari, goyon bayan Lockheed Martin na da mahimmanci saboda yana daya daga cikin "abokan hulɗar da za su yi mahimmanci a cikin shekaru 10 masu zuwa," in ji mai haɗin gwiwar Helicity Stephane Lintner. Sararin Samaniya.
Sauran abokan hulɗar dabarun sun haɗa da Airbus Ventures da Voyager Space Holdings, biyu daga cikin masu saka hannun jari a ciki Helicity's iri kudade zagaye sanar a watan Disamba.
Zurfafa sarari
Helicity na tushen Pasadena yana haɓaka fasaha don motsa jirgin sama tare da gajeriyar fashewar fuska.
"Propulsion shine babbar matsalar da muke da ita a yanzu" don balaguron sararin samaniya, in ji Lintner. "Fusion yana kawo alƙawarin mai ɗanɗano kaɗan, ƙarfin ƙarfi sosai kuma mai yuwuwar rufe nesa mai nisa."
Wata hanyar da za a bi don hanzarta jigilar sararin samaniya ita ce makaman nukiliya thermal propulsion, wanda Lockheed Martin ke bincikowa a karkashin yarjejeniya tare da NASA da Hukumar Binciken Tsaro.
"Yayin da muke duban makomar tafiya bayan wata, akwai bukatar a aiwatar da wasu hanyoyin motsa jiki," in ji Chris Moran, Lockheed Martin Ventures mataimakin shugaban kasa kuma babban manaja. “Tafiyar wata tara ko shekara guda zuwa duniyar Mars tana da tsayi sosai. Idan kuna son wuce duniyar Mars, yawan masu tallatawa za su mamaye aikin. "
Sakamakon haka, Lockheed Martin yana ganin yuwuwar a cikin tsarin haɗin jini na Helicity.
Bindigogi hudu
"Abubuwa da yawa suna buƙatar aiwatar da su amma suna kan wani lokaci mai ban sha'awa," in ji Moran. "Suna hada bindigogin plasma don ƙirƙirar plasma mai tsanani tare da matakin dumama wanda ake buƙata don ƙirƙirar sakamako irin na fusion. Sun yi shi da bindigogi biyu.”
Lockheed Martin Ventures da sauran masu saka hannun jari suna ba da kuɗi don Helicity don ci gaba da gwaji da bindigogin plasma guda huɗu.
"Fatan ita ce za su iya yin ritaya na wani mataki na kasada don ba mu damar ganin ko wannan hanya ce mai amfani ko a'a," in ji Moran. Gwajin kuma na iya ba da bayanai kan “matakan tuƙi da za a iya ƙirƙira. Da zarar mun fahimci hakan, to za mu sami kyakkyawar fahimtar aikin nan gaba da ya kamata a yi.”
Helicity yana ganin Lockheed Martin a matsayin abokin ciniki na dogon lokaci kuma a matsayin abokan hulɗar dabarun da za su iya ba da jagoranci wajen kewaya sashin tsaro da kuma jawo hankalin gwamnati.
Bugu da ƙari, goyon bayan Lockheed Martin Ventures "yana nuna cewa filin yana girma" kuma yana ba da tabbaci ga fasahar Helicity saboda ƙwazon da ya ci gaba da saka hannun jari, in ji Lintner.
Lockheed Martin Ventures yawanci yana saka hannun jari tsakanin dala miliyan 1 da dala miliyan 5 a cikin kamfanoni masu tasowa na farko fasahohin "rushewa, yankewa". a kasuwannin kato da gora na yanzu ko kuma sabbin wuraren sha'awa. Kamfanonin sararin samaniya a cikin Lockheed Martin Ventures portfolio sun haɗa da GLA, Agile Space Industries, Elve, HawkEye 360, Hedron, Orbit Fab, Labarin Roka, Tauraron Dan Adam Vu, Slingshot Aerospace, Terran Orbital da kuma Xona Space Systems.
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- Source: https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-ventures-invests-in-helicity-space/
