The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here. Capital improvements, funded by Blue ...

Reaction Engines' Skylon reusable spaceplane project has been given a boost, with analysis by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) confirming the feasibility of the SABRE engine ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, successfully completed its final test series on its sub-scale oxygen rich preburner as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory ...

U.K.-based Reaction Engines has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to explore the potential of the company’s Sabre advanced cycle air-breathing rocket engine. The company ...

Ten years after the X-51 first flew under scramjet power, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has completed ground tests of air-breathing hypersonic engines that could accelerate a vehicle ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and Masten Space Systems Inc. successfully tested a liquid methane rocket engine, the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Within the next year, the U.S. Air Force plans to unveil novel spacecraft concepts that would be ...

Researchers hope the first flight of an aircraft powered by a pulse detonation engine (PDE) will accelerate development of a propulsion concept that promises greater simplicity, lighter weight and a ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB), a provider of launch services and space systems, has secured a federal defense contract valued at up to $8 million with the U.S. Air Force ...

Advanced Innovative Engineering (AIE) through the US-UK Small UAS Engine activities demonstrates a world class, UAS propulsion system. AIE demonstrated the capability of its 38 HP rotary engine, the ...