Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Aec-able Engineering Co., Inc.

Michael Foster

David Michael Murphy

Matthew Alan Michel

Christopher Thompson

William A Llorens

Michael Edward McEachen

Peter O Sorensen

Emmanuel Simpri

Jeffrey Braden

Jack Purcell

Quentin Williams

Richard Hopper

Peter O Sorenson

Jeffrey R Braden

Movable platforms for use with a vehicle capture assembly of a capture vehicle and related devices, systems, and methods include floors with rotatable legs extending between the floors. The rotation of the legs relative to one or more of the floors enables the movable platform to move from an initial position to a displaced position as one or more of the floors move relative to each other.

Movable platforms for vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, assemblies, systems, and methods

Capture assemblies and compliant extension assemblies may be utilized for insertion into a nozzle of a liquid engine of a spacecraft. The capture assembly may include an apparatus such as a probe for insertion into the nozzle and an assembly at least partially enclosed in a forward portion of the probe. The assembly may include a plurality of actuated fingers for deploying outwardly from the probe when the probe is inserted into the nozzle. The compliant extension assembly may be at least partially enclosed in a housing connected to the capture assembly for axial movement of the probe. The compliant extension assembly may facilitate axial movement of the probe between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the probe is extended forwardly, relative to the housing.

Systems for capturing a client vehicle

Solar array for satellite vehicles

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Michael Foster