Mission

Baldwin Aerospace is solving the challenges of hypersonic testing by building an arc jet. This arc jet is called the Research, Development, and Material Screening (RDMS) X-Jet Facility. This facility is intended to address a developing need in both academia and industry for a low-cost arc jet facilities.

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​Applicable for a wide variety of aerospace testing​

•Hypersonics

•Supersonics

•Material Science

•Thermal Protection Systems (TPS)

•Atmosphere reentry testing

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​Replaceable?

No. There is no equivalent to arc jet testing. No other method provides researchers the accuracy arc jets provide.

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What is an arc jet in simple terms?

​A specialized machine that heats a gas up and accelerates it through a nozzle. A material is placed at the end of this nozzle and scientists can predict how this material reacts to the hot gas. Scientists obtain accurate data that simulates a real-world scenario. For example, NASA used an arc jet to accurately predict how the space shuttle’s ceramics would react to reentering earth’s atmosphere.​​