• Micro and nano satellites for a variety of space missions.
• The subsystems of micro/nano satellites. Many of these subsystems are orders of magnitude smaller than components currently used. They can be used in many subsystems of micro/nano satellites, such as command and control, attitude determination and control, power, propulsion and thermal control. They can also be used in communications and radar payload systems and space science instrument
• The Canadian Space Agency has identified miniaturization of space systems technology as one of the technology thrusters for future space missions. MEMS technology will play an important role in the future space systems.

• The micro-spacecraft of the future
• Low-mass devices with high redundancy for conventional spacecraft.
• The MEMS-based technologies being developed include Micro-Gyroscope devices, Micro-Propulsion (Solid, Liquid and Gaseous propellant) devices, Micro-Valves, LIGA-based micro-devices, sensors and devices for System-on-a-chip applications and Micro-Instruments.

• Overview of optical MEMS
• The use of pure optical MEMS methods for transducer and communications with respect to weight savings and increased sensor and control intelligence.
• Potential to increase the sensing and bandwidth capability while reducing latency, heat and failure mechanisms.

• Development and fabrication of MEMS-based microwave switches

• NEXUS User Supplier Club on Space
• performance of MEMS gyros in UAVs
• An overview of BAE Systems' MEMS activities and research

• One of the three core enabling technologies within the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
• Research projects are underway to apply MEMS in specific military platforms in all four domains of engagement: air, land, sea, and space.
• Space applications include use of MEMS to implement ultra-miniaturized spacecraft subsystems, which can potentially address the requirement for shock survivability, radiation tolerance, low-power consumption, and mass and volume constraints

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