Photonic crystal devices can therefore force light around sharp bands or even trap it entirely. Here the authors develop large-scale nanomaterials to improve the performances of laser propulsion ...

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The business is also collaborating with industry leaders, including Silentium Defence, ST Engineering, Systel, Sovereign Propulsion Systems ... Australia’s Norseld Photonics is also part ...

If killing the A-10 program is the Air Force’s solution for paying for the F-47, then the Air Force is truly lost. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to award Boeing the contract for the new “Next ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

PI’s P-562.6CD 6DOF Nanopositioning Stage uses parallel kinematics to achieve nanometer precision and millisecond response ...

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

Researchers have developed a new way of designing and fabricating ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membranes that could be used ...

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.

Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion, and while fission propulsion is rapidly developing, most believe fusion propulsion is still a ways off. However, a new U.K.-based company is ...