On a late January morning at a test range in the United States, a missile lifted off that its builders said broke from ...
The Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is celebrating the recent flight of what it calls the "Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator," powered by ...
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Next gen propulsion – the time is now

In recent months, Iranian drone and missile attacks have pushed U.S. and allied aircrews to operate at the edge of their range and survivability. The next crisis, whether in the Persian Gulf, the Red ...
One area of concern is the efficiency gap for hypersonic missiles that use ramjets for propulsion. Ramjets are jet engines that effectively have no moving parts. Instead of using turbines to compress ...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major have successfully completed the first ...
GE and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated a new rotating detonation engine ramjet design in a series of tests that show significant potential for efficiency gains. If developed into a full missile ...
US propulsion specialist Ursa Major has announced a new affordable hypersonic missile that can be launched from the air, land and sea. The Havoc weapon is designed to fill a need for hypersonic ...
Shares of Palladyne AI rose premarket after the maker of robotics software received a nearly $1 million order from what it described as a major defense contractor related to missile propulsion.
The hypersonic SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” could reach Mach 6, giving the US Air Force a revolutionary reconnaissance and strike ...
Submarines have quietly become some of the most powerful weapons in modern naval warfare.
NASA’s Artemis II mission is targeting an April 2026 launch window, and prediction markets currently place the odds of liftoff by April 30 at roughly 54.5%. The rocket was rolled back to the Vehicle ...