Tekna

Over the last 30 years, Tekna has developed an industry-leading position with a complete array of proven and reliable solutions using thermal plasma technology for the Defense and Aerospace OEMs as well as Universities and Research Centers around the world. 

Tekna owns and operates advanced manufacturing capability with more than 250 systems manufactured and fielded to date. Global Research and Development is composed of over 50 Ph.D. and engineers who are experts in the fields of equipment design, numerical modeling, plasma, and materials science. 

Our state-of-the-art plasma wind tunnels can operate under a wide range of conditions with high repeatability and reliability to reproduce the conditions of an object at atmosphere reentry and/or traveling at hypersonic velocity. 

It is possible to accurately measure vital parameters on a vehicle’s body, such as ablation, stagnation pressure, heat flux, surface and inside temperature, plasma enthalpy, and gas velocity.