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May 27, 2020 U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awards ARISE program The Team of Invocon, Inc., KT Engineering Corporation, and Troy 7, Inc. has been awarded a Prototype Project Award by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) for the Aerospike Rocket Integration and Suborbital Experiment (ARISE). Awarded…

June 7, 2019 Northrop Grumman awards Invocon with 2019 World Class Team Award Invocon, Inc.—a Veteran-Owned Small Business founded in 1986 and based just outside of Houston, TX—was awarded the 2019 World Class Team Award by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) under its supplier diversity program. Nominated by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) sector, Invocon was…

September 14, 2018 Navy Selects Invocon to develop Wireless Intra-vehicle Sensor Package for Enhanced Reliability (WISPER) The United States Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) selected Invocon’s Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) proposal to develop a wireless sensing and communication system for use within launch vehicles. The goal of this work is to eliminate cumbersome cabling…

September 20, 2017 Invocon Wireless Instrumentation Provides Long-Term Monitoring of First Human-Rated Inflatable Habitat The first human-rated inflatable space habitat recently passed its one-year anniversary, and Invocon’s wireless instrumentation has been monitoring it since the beginning. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) has been attached to the International Space Station (ISS) since the middle of…

May 28, 2016 Invocon Wireless Instrumentation Monitors First Inflatable Habitat for Humans Today, two Invocon systems monitored the deployment of the first inflatable habitat used in human spaceflight. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was successfully deployed today as the newest module on the International Space Station (ISS). Invocon’s Enhanced Wideband Micro Tri-axial Accelerometer Unit…

August 12, 2015 Rocket Avionics Featured This Week at Symposium in Huntsville Invocon’s booth display at this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, AL featured a new PCM encoder design that offers a fully-integrated, low-cost, high-performance solution for rocket and missile applications. Invocon’s iPCMe™ encoder was on display in the same section of…

August 29, 2014 Successful Test of Wireless Rocket Technology Invocon successfully tested RF wireless technology as part of the LEO-46 Rocket Motor Test performed by AeroJet Rocketdyne on August 13, 2014. A key objective of the test was to assess any influence that the chaotic environment surrounding the motor plume would have on the ability…

September 30, 2013 Successful test of Wireless Rocket Technology Invocon successfully tested RF wireless technology as part of the LEO-1 Rocket Motor Test performed by AeroJet Rocketdyne on September 30, 2013. A key objective of the test was to assess any influence that the chaotic environment surrounding the motor plume would have on the ability…

July 30, 2012 SBIR Award for Radiation Monitor The US Air Force has issued to Invocon, Inc. a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract for the development of a Radiation Environment Monitor for Spacecraft (REMS). The technology measures, stores, and communicates information about radiation dose, dose rate, and angle of incidence. It also…

July 8, 2011 Invocon on STS-135 The STS-135 mission started today with the launch of Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center. This was the final mission of Shuttle Atlantis and the last shuttle mission. For Invocon, this mission marks the 41st Shuttle mission utilizing our systems. Click here for more mission details June 1, 2011 Invocon…