The history of space exploration is filled with projects that never came to be in the real world, or projects that, despite being brought very close to production, never actually got to power humanity ...

A Virginia-based propulsion-focused company conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster. The 156-foot-long five-segment solid ...

L3Harris' Aerojet Rocketdyne broke ground on a major expansion of solid rocket motor production facilities in Camden, Arkansas, on Thursday. (Aerojet Rocketdyne) The construction of four new solid ...

Adranos is best known for its creation of ALITEC, an aluminum-lithium alloy fuel for solid rocket motors that it claims can produce up to a 40% increase in range. (Anduril) The U.S. Army has chosen ...

Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major plans to start building solid rocket motors next year at scale—moving from concept to production in just a year and a half. “We have, in the last 18 months ...

Anduril is developing the Alitec solid rocket propellant to enhance tactical missile performance. Above, Anduril test-fires its Denali 18 inch hypersonic rocket booster at its McHenry, Mississippi, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Defense Department is directing investments towards a cadre of newer entrants in the solid rocket motors market.These bets on new suppliers come amid concerns about overreliance ...

WASHINGTON — Italian aerospace propulsion firm Avio announced agreements with U.S. defense contractors Raytheon and Lockheed Martin granting each preferred access to solid rocket motors from its ...

L3Harris Technologies has received a potential $292 million contract to continue the production of solid rocket motors for the Javelin weapon system. Through internal investments and the $215.6 ...

A private Chinese firm has successfully launched the world's largest solid-propellant rocket for a second time. The company, Orienspace, launched the gigantic 30-meter Gravity-1 rocket from a barge in ...