The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is developing tiny spacecraft that could be used to demonstrate new satellite propulsion systems and help calibrate missile tracking sensors near the end of this ...
New Mexico – December 10, 2024 – Desert Works Propulsion, leading provider of electric propulsion (EP) expertise as a service, proudly announces the launch of DW-1, its state-of-the-art vacuum test ...
RTX reached a full-power test milestone on its hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator, achieving 1MW motor rated power, according to a June 19, 2023 company release. The test validated the company’s ...
Northrop Grumman recently reported a successful flight test of its Jackal precision-strike missile, confirming the readiness ...
Less than two years after revealing ambitious plans to develop a 20-passenger hypersonic aircraft by the end of the decade, startup Hermeus has already confounded the skeptics by completing ...
NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire test on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi in 2023. Credit: NASA Office of Inspector General HOUSTON—Much of NASA’s rocket ...
NASA has announced that an important test for the propulsion system of the Orion spacecraft has been completed. The test was to make sure the spacecraft is ready to carry crew safely on an alternate ...