References
Reference cooperations
APCON – AeroSpace & Defence GmbH mainly addresses the development and production of customer specific high reliability power supplies and DC/DC converters for use in military avionic and space applications and the development and production of test equipment and simulators.
APCON has more than 30 years of experience with Hi-Rel Power Supplies, especially for space and military equipment.
The following list shows some of the more important cooperations of APCON – AeroSpace & Defence components used in international applications.
Airbus DS Defence & Space | Airbus Eurocopter | Alenia Spazio | ArianeGroup | Boeing Space Systems | DLR German Aerospace Agency | ESA European Space Agency / ESTEC | Eurocopter | Jena Optronik | KARI | Loral Space Systems | Lockheed Martin | MBDA Missile Germany | MDA MacDonald Dettwiler | Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) | NASA | JPL Northrop Grumman | OHB Space Systems / Kayser-Threde | Orbital Science | RapidEye | Space System LORAL | STI Spacetech | Taur K35 Systems | THALES Alenia Space Group | TransMIT | UZAY Tübitak | University of Justus Liebig Gießen | TUM Hessen | BWB Neubiberg Munich
Network for special manufacturing, and special environmental tests
ACB (PCB) Belgium | Aerospazio | Airbus DS + ArianeGroup | AT & S (PCB) | Bosch | DLR | ESA | IABG | Kubatronik (PCB) | STEEP | SIRAVONNI | STI SpaceTech | TESAT Space Com.
Reference projects
ESA EnMAP
Power Supply VNIR FPA Camera
RIT-2x High Power Thruster
Radio Frequency Generator
RIT3.5 Mirco Thruster
Radio Frequency Generator
AOCS StarTracker (ASTRO15)
Power Supply for S/C-Bus-Systems 18V – 52V
NASA GRACE Follow On
Power supply and mirror drive unit
MILAN Anti-tank weapon system
MES 1-2 Test-Unit
ESA Rosetta & Venus Express
Power Supply Virtis H/M
TIGER – Power Supply FCU
Power Supply FCU Fire & Control Unit
EuroFighter EFA-EDU
Power Supply – Enhanced Distribution Unit
List of all important projects
Extract of important projects over the last 27 Years. (more than 500 projects are realised…)
SPACE
(> 250 Units active in Space + EM/QM 32 Units)
- AOCS StarTracker ASTRO15 (188 Units)
- ESA ROSETTA Mission
- ESA VENUS Express Mission
- ESA EnMAP & DESIS
- NASA ISS DESIS
- NASA GRACE Folow On
- GökTürk-2
- Globalstar Satellite
- KOMPSAT-3
- KOMPSAT-3A
- OptSAT VNIR (Series FM 20 Units BWB)
- RapidExe
- JSS56 Jena Spaceborn Scanner
- Space Standard 52V-Bus Converter (AOCS)
- Digital Correlator System DICOS #1-2-3
- XMM
- Power Converter Module OBPE
- DICOS Digital Correlator System and power supply
APPLICATIONS for Space
- BOEING 752 SpaceBus
- BOEING 702 SpaceBus
- DIRECT TV-Sat
- Intelsat IS-22
AOCS StarTracker ASTRO15 (188 Units)
- Different versions for BOEING, Intelsat, SS Loral Space, Orbital Science, Northrop Grumman, MELCO
ION THRUSTER & ELECTRIC PROPULSION
(FM 24 + 28 + 37 EM/QM)
- Radio Frequency Generators for ION THRUSTER
- RFG1000 RIT2x (Series FM 16 Units Boeing Space)
- RFG1000 RIT2x (Series FM 8 Units ESA MSR Mars Project)
- RFG1000 RIT2x (Series FM28 Units Thales Alenia Intelsat)
- RFG60 µRIT (ESA Lisa Pathfinder, MRGAN, RITSAT)
- Various RFG-Radio Frequency Generator RFG60 – 1000Watt (37 Units)
- Power Supply & Electronic (PSU, PSCU, PPU, high voltage, beam current control)
- RF-Neutralizer Unit RFG
- Beam Current Control Unit (BepiColombo)
- Nano Thruster Engines <100nN – Power Supply
- Nano Thruster Engines <100nN – Control Unit
DESIGNS – STUDIES – DEVELOPMENTS – COMPETITION
- BepiColombo (Beam Current Control Unit)
- GOCE
- HUYGENS – ECLPS-LISN
- CCU LOAD SIMULATOR
- AIR LIQUIDE – Space Cooler Drive Electronics
- RADARSAT2 MGU-CU
- EUROFIGHTER Landing Gear Computer
- EUROFIGHTER STV-DECU Converter engine electronics
- ESA Des-Risk (DLR GSTP) RFG600
- A400M Aircraft – M2AC-PSM – Power Supply
- NH90 – MilOWS Power Supply
- METEOR Missile – Valve Drive Unit
- EURAAM Missile
- MILAN_4 – Control electronic
- MILAN-RFI Power Converter
- PARS3/TRIGAT LR – Fin Actuator Assembly
- PARS3/TRIGAT LR – Fin Drive
- TAURUS KEPD-350 DC/DC Converter + AC/AC Converter
MISSILE (> 2.052 Units)
- TAURUS Missile KEPD-350 Seeker Head – (3*684 = 2.052 Unit)
- TAURUS KEPD-FM3 – Power Distribution Box
- MILAN Weapon System Anti Tank (20 Unit)
- POLYPHEM /TRIFOM – Powersupply
- ASRAAM
- PARS3 Fin Drive
HELICOPTER TIGER (420 Unit)
- Helicopter TIGER (Total 3*140 = 420 Unit)
- HOT Missile
- PARS3 Fire & Control Unit
- PARS3 Launcher
- PARS3 Missile Findrive
- PARS3 LIE Launcher Interface Electronic
AERONAUTIC/AIRCRAFT
- EUROFIGHTER (55 Units)
- TRANSALL C135
TEST_SYSTEMS_EQUIPMENT
- MES1-2 – MILAN Weapon System Anti Tank
- Hot Missile – Test Unit
- VXI Test Unit EGSE
STANDARD CONVERTER / SYSTEM
- SPACE STANDARD Converter
- ARINC 600 System
COMMERCIAL
- SOLAR-Power-Conditioner
