Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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Raytheon and Avio USA Enhance Collaboration on Mk 104 Rocket Motors
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Avio USA have executed a purchase order for funding of up to $26 million for continued engineering work on the Mk 104 dual-thrust rocket motor to support Raytheon’s Standard Missile franchise. The purchase order comes 13 months after the businesses signed a contract for preliminary engineering work on the Mk…
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Ursa Major Breaks Ground on 400-Acre Solid Rocket Motor Test Site in Colorado
Ursa Major broke ground on a new 400-acre solid rocket motor test site in Weld County, Colorado, marking a significant expansion in the company’s ability to design, build, and test and qualify large solid rocket motor systems, to include those required for standard missile programs, in support of national and missile defense priorities. “This facility…
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Ursa Major Advances APKWS Laser Guidance Kit with Extended Range Motor
Ursa Major, in collaboration with BAE Systems, has completed a series of successful static fires for a new extended range variant of the solid rocket motor used for the APKWS laser-guidance kit. This next-generation rocket motor incorporates Ursa Major’s Highly Loaded Grain propellant technology, delivering enhanced range and performance without increasing the motor’s size. The…
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Arianespace Launches Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D and CNES’s MicroCarb Satellites
Arianespace successfully launched Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES‘s MicroCarb satellite, on Friday July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time (02:03 a.m. UTC, 04:03 a.m. CEST, on July 26th, 2025). This mission, called “VV27” was performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.…
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Dyndrite and Ursa Major Signs Multi-Year Deal for High-Performance Rocket Engines
Dyndrite, the company behind the GPU-accelerated computation engine powering next-generation digital manufacturing solutions, announced a multi-year licensing agreement with the aerospace and defense company Ursa Major. Under the agreement, Ursa Major has chosen Dyndrite LPBF Pro to drive its metal additive manufacturing initiatives, supporting material development, part qualification, and the production of high-performance rocket propulsion…
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Propulsion System for Exoplanet Ascent
Northrop Grumman has achieved a significant milestone in space exploration technology with the successful testing of an advanced second-stage motor for ascent propulsion from another planet. This crucial test ensures that when the first rocket launches from another planet, such as Mars, it will have the capability to launch samples from the planet’s surface into…
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Ursa Major Secures $32.9 Million Contract for Enhanced Hadley Engines for Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Tests
Ursa Major has been awarded a $32.9 million contract to develop and deliver 16 upgraded Hadley H13 engines to Stratolaunch. The multi-year program extends a series of successful flight collaborations and supports a growing operational cadence. “This contract directly supports U.S. hypersonic test infrastructure and the broader imperative to accelerate high-speed flight programs that deliver…
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RTX and Northrop Grumman Tested Rocket Motors for U.S. Army’s Short-Range Interceptor
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced four successful tests of flight-ready Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) solid rocket motors for the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI). HLG is a solid propellant technology for rocket motors that provides longer burn time and more energy output than conventional solid rocket motors, which extends the range of Raytheon’s NGSRI offering…
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Venus Aerospace Completes Historic US Hypersonic Engine Flight Test
Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based startup pioneering the future of high-speed flight, announced it completed the first U.S. flight test of a next-generation rocket engine: a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). This milestone marks a breakthrough in American aerospace, with a design ultimately aimed at enabling vehicles to travel four to six times the speed of…
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Ursa Major Validates SRM Manufacturing Process with Successful Static Fires
Ursa Major has completed multiple static fires of a 5” solid rocket motor using all components of Highly Loaded Grain, successfully validating all phases of Ursa Major’s proprietary solid rocket motor manufacturing process, known as “Lynx.” Highly Loaded Grain is an energetics technology that Ursa Major has improved and demonstrated using additive tooling. With HLG,…