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NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...
TCT Magazine

LEAP 71 and Sindan partner to develop aerospace systems with computational engineering tools

AI-driven advanced manufacturing firm Sindan is working with LEAP 71 to develop aerospace systems designed by computational models. The two companies, both operating out of the United Arab Emirates, ...
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This Jet Engine Can Reach Hypersonic Speeds Right Off The Runway

The race to bring hypersonic flight into the real world just took a leap forward with Venus Aerospace's successful test of a revolutionary engine. The Houston-based startup has developed a compact ...
TechCrunch

This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit.’

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...
The Next Web

ESA spaceplane project revives bankrupt firm’s hypersonic engine

A bankrupt company’s propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by ...
AeroTime

Rolls-Royce, easyJet successfully conduct engine test using 100% hydrogen fuel

Rolls-Royce and easyJet have completed ground testing of a modified Pearl 15 engine running on 100% hydrogen at full takeoff ...