Motorcar Parts of America’s D&V Electronics Selected for NASA Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan
November 09 2021 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (Nasdaq:MPAA) today
announced its electric vehicle testing company D&V Electronics
was selected to provide a power hardware-in-the-loop inverter test
system to support the development of the rotor motor controllers
for NASA’s Dragonfly mission. Terms were not disclosed.
Part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program, the Dragonfly mission
consists of a large rotorcraft-lander that will explore Saturn’s
moon Titan. Dragonfly will explore Titan’s environment, obtaining
material samples to investigate prebiotic chemistry processes.
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, with similar characteristics
to Earth’s environment – including sand dunes and an Earth-like
hydrological cycle of methane clouds, rain, and liquid flowing
across the surface.
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel,
Maryland, manages the Dragonfly mission for NASA and is designing
and building the Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander.
“We are honored that the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory has selected D&V Electronics to be part of such an
historic, technically challenging space exploration program,” said
Selwyn Joffe, chairman, president and chief executive officer.
The power hardware-in-the-loop system is a combination of
D&V’s innovative electric motor emulator and Opal-RT’s advanced
motor models utilizing NI’s (Nasdaq: NATI) real-time system.
The combined technologies will validate the performance of the
rotor motor controllers for the Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander.
“This project advances our ongoing joint development program
relationship with Opal-RT and NI for power hardware-in-the-loop
systems focused on the aerospace, automotive and marine markets,
and we look forward to other exciting opportunities,” said Bill
Hardy, chief executive officer of D&V Electronics.
Dragonfly is scheduled to launch in 2027 and reach Titan by
2034. For more information on the Dragonfly mission, please visit:
dragonfly.jhuapl.edu
ABOUT D&V ELECTRONICS
Founded in 1997 and acquired by Motorcar Parts of America in
2017, the electrical vehicle testing subsidiary, with customers in
more than 80 countries, designs and manufactures testing solutions
for performance, endurance, and production of multiple components
in the electric power train – providing simulation, emulation, and
production applications for the electrification of both automotive
and aerospace industries, including electric vehicle charging
systems. Additional information is available at
www.dvelectronics.com.
ABOUT MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. is a remanufacturer,
manufacturer, and distributor of automotive aftermarket parts --
including alternators, starters, wheel bearings and hub assemblies,
brake calipers, brake master cylinders, brake power boosters,
turbochargers, and diagnostic testing equipment utilized in
imported and domestic passenger vehicles, light trucks, and
heavy-duty applications. Its products are sold to automotive retail
outlets and the professional repair market throughout the United
States, Canada, and Mexico, with facilities located in California,
New York, Mexico, Malaysia, China and India, and administrative
offices located in California, Tennessee, Mexico, Singapore,
Malaysia, and Canada. Additional information is available at
www.motorcarparts.com.
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