A French launch startup that recently closed a funding round is seeking defense applications for its hybrid propulsion technology.
Companies will target continued improvements to aircraft fuel efficiency, durability and operating costs PARIS, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announce their intent ...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Skydweller a $1.4 million contract to develop electric propulsion as it explores all-electric ...
Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...
A propulsion technology breakthrough has resulted in a new patent for SUNY Oswego’s electrical and computer engineering professor Adrian Ieta’s ionic wind research. In 2018, Ieta and a team of ...
In a groundbreaking development, Ohio State University has unveiled a new concept for nuclear thermal propulsion that could significantly cut down travel time to Mars. Building on past space ...
Nearly three years ago, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced its intent to develop a flyable nuclear thermal propulsion system. The goal was to develop more responsive control of ...
Dr. Kristina Lemmer (center) is pictured working with students in Western's Aerospace Laboratory for Plasma Experiments (ALPE). KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Space exploration is continuously becoming more ...
Velontra recently tested its hypersonic turbo-ramjet engine for the first time in Purdue University's Zucrow Laboratories in a High Pressure Combustion Lab. Air-breathing hypersonic powerplants are ...
EasyJet continues to back hydrogen as the budget carrier’s most likely future fuel, having quietly shelved interest in all-electric short-haul aircraft as part of its decarbonisation plan. The UK ...
SpaceNews illustration generated with DALL-E. Astra Space seemed poised to dominate the smallsat propulsion landscape. Its 2021 acquisition of Apollo Fusion positioned the Northern California company ...