The Electrical Systems Integration department provides expertise and technical leadership in the design, development, testing, and demonstration of pathfinder aerospace flight systems. These systems include missiles, rocket systems, hypersonic flight vehicles, and associated electrical ground support equipment. Our staff members play integral roles as flight test project team members. They actively engage in multi-disciplinary mission planning, system integration, testing, flight test execution, and post-test analysis of flight vehicles and technology development/maturation payloads.
Our work encompasses assembly, integration, and testing of electrical/avionics systems and ground support systems. These efforts contribute to the development of next-generation flight concepts. The flight systems developed by our team serve as pathfinders for hypersonic technologies. Additionally, they demonstrate advanced and prototypical launch vehicles and reentry system capabilities. Our sponsors include the U.S. Department of Energy Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency, DARPA, NASA, and industry partners.
Example videos and news:
High Operational Tempo Sounding Rocket Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa_AtKtidjw
¿It Really Is Rocket Science!¿: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koQfwHgOuMo&t=3s
News Release: Sandia supports hypersonic flight test: https://newsreleases.sandia.gov/hypersonic_launch/
