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In June 2009, Astrox was awarded a Phase II SBIR contract from Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on "Rapid Design, Ananlysis, and Test of Hypersonic Propulsion Integrated Configurations"

Astrox was awarded several subcontracts from UDRI in response to a need from Air Force Research Laboratory

In December 2007, Astrox was awarded a SBIR Phase I Contract from Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on "Rapid Design, Ananlysis, and Test of Hypersonic Propulsion Integrated Configurations"

During the year 2007 Astrox was awarded a subcontract from Jackson & Tull in response to the need from Edwards Air Force Base.

An interview of Dr. Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator, along with Dr. Ajay Kothari, CEO, Astrox Corporation, was shown on 4/7/07 by Darshan TV program. http://www.darshantv.com click on "The show/previous shows" (Click on " April 2007") and scroll down to "April 7th 2007 Show" and then click on "Interview with Michael Griffin".

Also available here at:

"Interview with Dr. Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator" (27 MB .rm file)

You may need updated Realplayer (free from http://www.realnetworks.com/products/media_players.html ), if you do not have it.

FOX Channel 45, WBFF TV in Baltimore ( www.foxbaltimore.com ) came and interviewed us on 3/1 about our Space-Plane concept. It was shown as the "Cover Story" on Monday, March 5 between 10 to 11 pm on that channel during their news hour. For many of you who either do not get Ch. 45 Baltimore in your area or were not able to watch our story on TV, given below is the hyperlink where it is available for viewing or for download, if you are interested.

"Aiming for the Sky" (15 MB .wmv file)

"Aiming for the Sky" (3 MB .mov file)

"Aiming for the Sky" (15 MB .mpg file)

Astrox Corporation received a contract from AFRL/VA to perform a technology assessment study on existing and future airbreathing vehicle designs. The purpose of this work is to make an apples-to-apples comparison between different system options, and then quantify the impact of technology changes on these systems. This work has resulted in 5 papers, two of which have recently been published in the Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets.

February 2004

Astrox Corporation was awarded a SBIR Phase II contract by the US Air Force which will involve extending HySIDE to cover the supersonic region (SuperSIDE). The contract will also call for conducting Technology Assessment studies on many air-breathing and rocket access-to-space options in order to determine the optimal launch vehicle configuration for their requirements.

June 2003

This work will be done using HySIDE and SuperSIDE

August 2002

Astrox Corporation will supply two copies of its proprietary software HySIDE to Edwards and Wright-Patterson AFB for hypersonic and rocket system designs. Astrox Corporation will also participate in the design of such systems.

August 2002

Astrox Corporation is part of the University of Maryland team that won the multi-year NASA URETI (University Research Education and Technology Institute) contract, now termed SVTI (Space Vehicle Technology Institute).

August 2002

Astrox Corporation was awarded a long-term five-year Library Support Services contract from the US Army. The contract began on August 24, 2002 and will supply services for research and technical help to the library located at the Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

August 2002