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In the United States, a NASA University Leadership Initiative program with The Center for Cryogenic High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft (CHEETA) and a separate ARPA E Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electrical Systems (CABLES) program have been developing 2 kA-rated, medium voltage, and lightweight quick connectors for aerospace. These quick connectors will also permit a transverse cryogen flow for force-flow cooling of cryoresistive cables and to rapidly recover superconducting cables in the case of thermal instability. The research presented here includes the design and results of derisking tasks associated with a high power quick-connect. The quick connector has been designed to be a junction between a multistrand aluminum cryoresistive cable and REBCO superconducting cable.
Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge support by NASA University Learning Initiative (ULI) #80NSSC23M0063, DOE ARPA-E funding under DE-AR0001460, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ) LRIR#s 24RQCOR004 and 23RQCOR008.
