1. Fast Facts
Innovative deployable systems, structures, and solar arrays for spacecraft applications
State-of-the-art products that draw on years of flight heritage and innovation
Equipped and organized for growth
360% sales growth over last 4 years
2004E Revenues: $41.7mm
Established in 1975
Provided more than 230 mission-critical components for approximately 35 space programs

2. Vice President & General Manager
Organization
Vice President & General Manager
Mark De Witt
Business Development
Alan Jones
Program
Management
Finance
Doug Atchinson
Engineering
David Messner
Quality
Assurance
Humane
Resources
Manufacturing

3. Biz Focus & Strengths
Mission focus to design and produce quality, mission-enabling deployable space structures
Competitive Advantages
Excellent industry reputation for complex, innovative deployables
29-year, 35-program perfect flight-success record
Highly-efficient and innovative engineering process
Unique capability for highly-precise thermally-stable deployables
10% –15% of annual sales from IR&D and CR&D programs fueling new technologies & customers

4. Solar Array Products Rigid Panel Arrays PUMA Concentrator Arrays
CellSaver
SCARLET Stretched Lens Array
Flexible Substrate Arrays
UltraFlex
SquareRigger
Deployed CellSaver Panels

5. Structural Systems CoilABLE Booms Lanyard, nut, or carousel deployed
Articulated Booms
ADAM & FASTMast
Telescoping Booms
Dimensionally Stable Structures
Antenna Systems

6. Facilities & Equipment
Insert Photo of 600 Pine St.
60,000 sq. ft. facility in Goleta, CA
Combined Engineering Offices & Labs and Integration and Test Areas
Large Class 100K Clean Room
20,000 sq. ft. I&T Facility
Specialized Equipment
LAPSS Array Measurement
SMX Laser Metrology
Deployment Fixtures & Environmental Chambers

7. Unique Capabilities Ultra-stable instrument deployables
5 micron to 2 mm precision
Innovative gossamer structures
0.01 kg/m2 solar sail systems
Minimum mass solar arrays
Specific Power ~ 200 W/kg

8. Incumbency on Key Platforms
ABLE 2004E Revenues
Boeing GPS IIF Program: Solar Arrays & BDA (Burst Detector Antenna) Deployer
ABLE awarded original contract to supply solar arrays in 1996
To date ABLE has recognized $40mm in GPS IIF sales
2004E GPS IIF revenues: $20mm
Orbital Sciences STAR2 Platform: Solar Arrays & Reflector Mechanisms
Currently in fifth year of Long Term Agreement
Currently producing ABLE’s largest array for Orbital Optus D2 program

9. Future Programs/Prospects
GPS IIF & GPS III: (+$65mm of expected bookings)
Shipsets and GPS III development work
20 to 40 GPSIII shipsets in USAF plan
JIMO ($11mm of expected booking, ~$35mm follow-on)
Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter: Funded NASA/JPL research mission. Element of President’s new NASA “vision”
STAR2 Programs: (Historical $6mm annual booking average)
Up to 5 programs may be awarded in next 4 qtrs.
Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter Instrument ($7mm booking)
NASA New Millennium ST9 Program: ($10mm expected booking)
Flight validation of solar sails for deep space propulsion
Classified Market: Currently supporting 3 new programs with TBD upside.
JIMO