To amass cheap rockets, US Army picks Anduril to develop solid motor
Anduril Industries will develop and qualify a 4.75-inch solid rocket motor for long-range precision rocket artillery.
US Army asks Anduril for new small solid rocket motor
Anduril Industries has been selected by the U.S. Army to develop a new 4.75-inch solid rocket motor for long-range precision ...
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US-based hypersonic, solid rocket motors’ manufacturing to speed up with new deal
A fresh deal is expected to streamline and speed up production of hypersonic, solid rocket motors in the United States. Ursa ...
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Rocket Report: Starship fails for a second time; what’s to blame for Vulcan delays?
An auxiliary propulsion unit (APU)—essentially a miniature second engine—on the upper stage ... there was an anomaly with one of the two solid rocket boosters powering the vehicle.
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Air Force, Northrop Grumman Test Sentinel ICBM Solid Rocket Motor
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 ...
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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 ...
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Rocket Lab shares hit as fund manager Bleecker Street suggests crucial Neutron space craft launch will suffer delays
While one version of Neutron's 3D-printed rocket engine Archimedes was hot fired in August last year, BSR noted that a new, 200 kg lighter version two of the power plant appeared in January this year, ...
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L3Harris, Aerojet Rocketdyne holds groundbreaking on new Camden facility
L3Harris/Aerojet Rocketdyne held a ground breaking on Thursday for a new solid rocket motor production facility at their Camden location. A news release from L3 Harris about the event on Thursday said ...
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Lonestar and Phison’s data center infrastructure is headed to the moon
The companies are sending Phison’s Pascari storage — solid state drives (SSDs) built for data centers — packed with Lonestar’s clients’ data on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to land on ...
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Mercedes EQS with solid-state battery targets 621-mile range
Mercedes-Benz is testing an EQS prototype fitted with a solid-state battery The battery is expected to deliver 25% more range than a conventional liquid-type battery More advanced solid-state ...
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‘World’s first’ solid-state EV from Mercedes hits roads to deliver 620-mile range
The solid-state battery pack allows for a 25% increase in range without adding size or weight compared to current lithium-ion batteries.
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'I was scared half to death': Singapore-bound Scoot flight returns to Xi'an after 'rocket-like sparks' reported
One passenger on flight TR135, who was seated at the aircraft's rear end, said on Chinese video sharing platform Douyin that they witnessed the plane engine emitting "rocket-like sparks".