ABOUT SSAI - Capabilities

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Instrument Engineering

SSAI expertise spans the breadth of instrument engineering work, from scientific concept to design to prototype and flight-qualified development and deployment in the field, on aircraft, balloons, rockets, and on orbit.

New Instrument Development:

• Instrument concept development and analysis
• System definition
• Mission/instrument modeling
• System development
• Computer-aided design
• Instrument fabrication
• Sensor calibration and characterization
• Instrument and payload operations
• Active and passive instrument controllers and simulators

Engineering Infrastructure Support:

• Maintenance and operation of facility support equipment
• Test design, planning, and implementation
• Maintenance and operation of clean rooms
• Repair and refurbishment of institutional instrument systems
• Maintenance and operation of calibration equipment