The composite propellant offers weapons-makers incredible advantages. As a drop-in replacement for liquid fuels, the new U.S.-sourced material is not only more powerful, but easier to handle.

As described in the SAMPE Europe 2020 paper, “Development of a lean production process for a thermoplastic composite upper stage propellant tank,” the laminate design for the tank was evaluated by ...

Composite propellants, typically comprising an oxidiser, a fuel, and a polymeric binder, require sophisticated numerical simulations to capture the interplay between condensed and gas phases, ...

Demonstrating the future of composite space tank technology. The National Composites Centre (NCC) with industry guidance from Thales Alenia Space has manufactured an all-composites linerless (Type-V) ...