Summary and Key Points: China’s expanding aircraft carrier fleet is a major step in Beijing’s push for a true blue-water navy, with the Fujian marking its most advanced carrier yet. -The ship signals ...

Distorted accounting obscures real propulsion costs, rare-earth dependency, and emerging alternatives BOSTON, MA, ...

STADT Naval AS, a Norwegian company with over 40 years of experience in electric propulsion systems for naval forces, will deliver a comprehensive propulsion system for the submarine rescue vessel Rat ...

Space startup General Galactic aims to fly a satellite using only water for in-orbit propellant. The 1,100-pound satellite could validate two separate methods for water propulsion when it flies to ...

Early sketch for a hydrogen-electric-powered uncrewed aircraft by Skunk Works’ conceptual artist Eric Watanabe. Credit: Lockheed Martin It is becoming an established pattern. Aviation startups facing ...

Abstract: As the aviation sector advances toward hybrid and all-electric propulsion systems, managing electromagnetic interference (EMI) is of critical importance to ensure safety and reliability.

This study will identify primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration ...

Dark Fission aims to launch a prototype nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2029 using public and private funds. Credit: Dark Fission After a bruising 2025, nuclear propulsion for space may be back in favor ...

Abstract: To achieve high torque density in direct-drive permanent magnet propulsion motors, flat-type motor topologies with large outer diameters and short stack lengths are generally preferred.

Being more efficient and more powerful than chemical rockets, plasma engines are seen as the future of human spaceflight. While NASA-backed plasma rocket projects aim for travel times to Mars be just ...