Our Beginnings
AK Aerospace Technology (AKAT) Corporation was founded in April 2003. The AKAT Corporation was previously known as AK Systems, which was established in 1995. The AKAT Corporation has been primarily supporting the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Aerospace and Engineering Technology Division. AKAT has been providing electrical system design, developments, and testing for both flight and non-flight projects.
In the past, AKAT has been involved in the design and development of many commercial and aerospace avionics hardware. AKAT principal employees each have over twenty years of experience in system, electrical, and software engineering in design & development of various NASA/GSFC Satellite subsystems. Their experience includes support of complex and/or technologically challenging projects as well as conducting technology assessments and making recommendations for technology insertions. Further experience includes making trade study assessments/recommendations and leading and supporting CDR and PDR reviews. AKAT has been providing technical consultation and advice regarding design issues, development and test approaches, and assessment of test results. Our engineers have conducted investigations of technical and programmatic problems for space and/or ground hardware and have made recommendations for recovery plans.
Expertise
- Satellite Infrared (IR) and visible detector electronics design and implementation.
- Spacecraft/Instrument Command and Data Handling (CDH) design and implementation
- Satellite Solid State Recorder (SSR)
- Satellite Power System and Pyrotechnic control Electronics
- Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design/verification
- Analog/Digital design and simulation
- SpaceWire Protocol flight and ground systems and products
- Microprocessor/Microcontroller designs for flight and ground based systems
- Radiation Hardened design and analysis.
- EMI/EMC MIL-STD-461/462 Compliant system designs
- MIL-STD-1553/1394/1355/RS-422/RS-232 based designs
