Images of a new Chinese combat aircraft with a diamond-style wing and no vertical tails emerged on the Internet Dec. 26, 2024. Credit: Weibo user (above and photo below) New Chinese combat ...

CycloTech is banking on its unique propulsion system to be a differentiator once it hits the skies. The company hopes to complete the BlackBird demonstrator by the end of the year and start test ...

A 400,000-dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC) named Sohar Max has become the largest vessel to receive wind propulsion technology to date, as five rotor sails were installed on this. Anemoi Marine ...

Moreover, the specific impulse from antimatter engines could theoretically reach a whopping 20 million meters per second, which the researchers say could make "interstellar propulsion a goal ...

Getting places in space quickly has been the goal of propulsion research for a long time. Rockets, our most common means of doing so, are great for providing lots of force but are extraordinarily ...

Beta Technologies says it first flew a hybrid version of its ALIA eVTOL in fall 2023. Credit: Beta Technologies In a significant shift of its strategy, the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX Agility Prime ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...

Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been working on novel ones. One with a long track record is the Ad Astra Rocket Company, which ...

Credit: Cyril Fresillon C2N Ion-X CNRS Images SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million) in a Series A funding round announced Dec. 10. With the ...

Credit: Endurosat TAMPA, Fla. — Bulgaria-based microsatellite specialist EnduroSat has ordered 100 electric propulsion systems from Austria’s Enpulsion as demand for larger spacecraft ...

During one of these approaches, it takes nine months to get to Mars using chemical rockets - the form of propulsion in widespread use. That's a long time for anyone to spend travelling.