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How can our aerospace products be applied to new markets?
Challenge Type: engineering
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Northrop Grumman Astro Aerospace has a portfolio of unique deployable mechanism products developed for aerospace applications. From large truss structures to small mechanisms, Astro's products are on hundreds of spacecraft past and present. Our core competencies are aerospace engineering, mechanical rapid prototyping, structural engineering, composites engineering, mechanisms design, structural analysis, and precision manufacturing.

We believe our current products have potential applications in new markets outside of aerospace, and are seeking ideas to discover these new opportunities.

Deliverables

After reviewing the attached document of product descriptions, please complete the following:

1) Choose a product from the attached document, and propose how it could be applied in a new market.

2) Explain your reasoning for why this product could make a successful transition to a new market application.

3) Attach an artistic rendering (sketch, mockup, design document, etc.) that shows how the product would function in its new market application.

    Submissions will be graded on the following criteria:
  • Meets Deliverables
  • Creativity
  • Clarity
Additional Materials:
Reward Tiers
3 Winners
will receive $150 each
3 Honorable Mentions
will receive $50 each
Leaderboard
$150.00 Neil Carey University of Vermont
$150.00 Jean Thierry Aupetit University of California at Berkeley
$150.00 Zachary Lund Colorado State University
$50.00 Monica Black Georgia Institute of Technology
$50.00 Emma Betters University of Florida
$50.00 Brian Zhang University of Pennsylvania
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