The Importance of Early Prototyping in Defense Research, Engineering, Acquisition, and Sustainment
SUMMARY The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) operates across the entire life cycle of capability development, including exploratory science, research…
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Making Satellites Safer: The Search for New Propellants
Developing new propellants for satellites to replace toxic hydrazine would make launching and handling satellites safer, but it also requires…
SpaceX Gears Up for Next Starlink Satellite Megaconstellation Launch With Rocket Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — SpaceX has fired up the rocket booster that will ferry the company”s fourth batch of Starlink satellites into…
China Tests Micro Propulsion Technology for Space-Based, Gravitational-Wave Detection
Chinese space engineers have tested a micro propulsion technology on a recently launched satellite, which could be used in future…
DoD Is Soliciting an RFI for Short Term Solutions to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium
The purpose of this special notice is to obtain information via white papers from both MCDC members and other interested…
Electric Solid Propellant – Can It Take the Heat?
Electric solid propellants are being explored as a safer option for pyrotechnics, mining, and in-space propulsion because they only ignite…
America’s Future Battle Network Is Key to Multidomain Defense
When Americans think about military power, they often associate our wars with iconic commanders like Grant, Eisenhower, Nimitz, and Doolittle. They may also think about…
Simple, Fuel-Efficient Rocket Engine Could Enable Cheaper, Lighter Spacecraft
It takes a lot of fuel to launch something into space. Sending NASA’s Space Shuttle into orbit required more than 3.5 million pounds of fuel, which is about 15 times heavier than a blue whale. But a new type of engine — called a rotating detonation engine — promises to make rockets not only more
Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers RL10 Engines That Will Help Send NASA Astronauts to Deep Space
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently delivered four RL10 upper stage engines to NASA’s Stennis Space Center that will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it carries astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft to deep space. These missions are part of NASA’s Artemis program, which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon,
SpaceX Gears Up for Next Starlink Satellite Megaconstellation Launch With Rocket Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — SpaceX has fired up the rocket booster that will ferry the company”s fourth batch of Starlink satellites into space. Just over 24 hours after SpaceX aced an in-flight abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, the company conducted a static-fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40
China Tests Micro Propulsion Technology for Space-Based, Gravitational-Wave Detection
Chinese space engineers have tested a micro propulsion technology on a recently launched satellite, which could be used in future space-based, gravitational-wave detection. Experts from the China Academy of Space Technology, under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said they tested the variable thrust propulsion at the micronewton level on the Tianqin-1 satellite, which
The Hyper-Enabled Operator
Recent technological, socioeconomic, and geopolitical trends, coupled with the reemergence of great power competition, complicate the future environment in which U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) must operate. SOF professionals will need to operate not only across traditional physical domains such as land, air, and sea but also in the virtual and cognitive domains. In particular,