{"id":1393,"date":"2026-05-29T16:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/voyager-technologies-secures-16-5-million-darpa-contract-for-rocket-motor-control\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:38:36","slug":"voyager-technologies-secures-16-5-million-darpa-contract-for-rocket-motor-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/voyager-technologies-secures-16-5-million-darpa-contract-for-rocket-motor-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Voyager Technologies Secures $16.5 Million DARPA Contract for Rocket Motor Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover295264_639156287229839543.webp\" width=\"711\" height=\"378\" alt=\"Voyager Technologies Secures $16.5 Million DARPA Contract for Rocket Motor Control\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover295264_639156287229839543.webp\" style=\"opacity: 0;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover295264_639156287229839543.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"378\"><\/p>\n<p>Voyager Technologies was awarded a DARPA Burn n\u2019 Go Phase 2 contract, valued at $16.5 million, to advance the development of a new propellant-embedded control technology that gives solid rocket motors (SRMs) tailorable, post-manufacturing thrust control that enables improved performance and manufacturing efficiency.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis award reflects confidence in our ability to translate advanced propulsion technologies into field-ready capabilities that support U.S. national readiness and deterrence,\u201d <strong>said Matt Maga\u00f1a, president, Space, Defense &amp; National Security, Voyager<\/strong>. \u201cOur approach is designed not only to demonstrate performance gains at the system level, but to establish a credible path to industrialization that can reshape how solid rocket motors are produced, mission-tailored and controlled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The award follows the successful completion of Phase 1, during which Voyager developed a conceptual system architecture and conducted detailed trade studies and preliminary designs to assess the viability and feasibility of the proposed technology. Phase 1 concluded with a Conceptual Design Review, validating the technical approach and positioning the program for hardware demonstration and manufacturing maturation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What is a Bipropellant Thruster?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the 20-month contract, Voyager&nbsp;will combine its expertise with complex system modeling and controls with the propellant and manufacturing specialized to develop and validate proof-of-concept systems, culminating in tailorable SRM hot-fire demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The program also focuses on manufacturing scalability and post-manufacturing control architectures, including the integration of structural health monitoring systems to support real-time health monitoring and performance. These activities are intended to prepare the technology for rapid industrial transition across multiple weapon systems, enabling flexible weapons procurement and large-scale production and stockpiling.<\/p>\n<p>Voyager\u2019s vertically integrated capability spanning advanced propulsion modeling, embedded control architectures, energetics formulation, precision manufacturing and high-consequence testing allows the company to move emerging propulsion technologies efficiently from concept through demonstration toward fieldable, industrial-scale solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voyager Technologies was awarded a DARPA Burn n\u2019 Go Phase 2 contract, valued at $16.5 million, to advance the development of a new propellant-embedded control technology that gives solid rocket motors (SRMs) tailorable, post-manufacturing thrust control that enables improved performance and manufacturing efficiency. \u201cThis award reflects confidence in our ability to translate advanced propulsion technologies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,41,60,56],"class_list":["post-1393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bipropellant-thrusters","tag-defense","tag-electric-propulsion-thrusters","tag-propellant-tanks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}