The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important design review, and Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each proceeding to ...

The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important design review, and Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each proceeding to ...

Hirth and ePropelled develop hybrid propulsion systems for UAVs and drone technology with extended flight duration.

As a “family of systems,” NGAD is expected to include a manned sixth-generation stealth fighter and a mass of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) that will serve the jets as loyal drone wingmen. The ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft ...

Current chemical propulsion systems necessitate prolonged transit times for crewed Mars missions, driving the exploration of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) as a more efficient alternative to ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

Helix, the UK manufacturer of the world's most power-dense electric motors and inverters, has partnered with California's Astro Mechanica to provide electric motors for the startup's adaptive engine ...

This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear ...

HOUSTON—With upgrades to the latest version of the company’s Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket engine prototype and test lab vacuum chamber nearing completion, the Ad Astra Rocket Co.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — China has built a land-based ...