Demand for solid rocket motors is booming in part because missile makers are aggressively ramping up output of all sorts of ...

"Vulcan certification adds launch capacity, resiliency and flexibility needed by our nation's most critical space-based ...

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded ...

AI gives a thumbs up to Brett Bellmore innovative modifications to Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR).

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According to an Air Force news release, a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, stage-one solid-propellant rocket motor was ...

The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have conducted a demonstration of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, stage-one solid rocket motor on Thursday at the company’s ...

The landing legs stuck up in the air and the melted body of the rocket hung off the side of the drone ship — making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers. The only ...

Hybrid rockets avoid some of the restraints of solid rockets like ... By component, it is categorized into motor casing, nozzle, igniter hardware, turbopump, propellant, and others.

VDR2 offers a single engine solution from Mach 0 to Mach 6. This marks the first successful Rocket-Based Combined Cycle test. The engine architecture was unveiled in October at UP.Summit and combines ...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems have announced a partnership to establish Prometheus Energetics, a U.S.-based supplier of solid rocket motors (SRMs) and other ...

JERUSALEM — Rafael, the Israeli company that makes Iron Dome, is creating a joint venture with US firm Kratos to produce solid rocket motors (SRMs). The new venture, called Prometheus Energetics ...