On the Feb 12, 2026 USSF-87 launch, one of Vulcan’s four Northrop Grumman GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters (SRBs) suffered a nozzle burn-through (visible fiery plume ~20–30 seconds after liftoff). This ...
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 ...
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. , Feb. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Prometheus Energetics, LLC, a U.S.-based merchant supplier of solid rocket motors (SRMs) and energetics and a joint venture between Kratos Defense & ...
Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...
MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has been awarded a follow-on production contract valued up to $200 million to manufacture Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System ...
Northrop Grumman test-fired a solid rocket motor called SMASH!22 Dec. 4 as part of its SMART Demo development program. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket ...
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 ...
Chinese researchers have been building a body of work on how solid rocket motors behave when ignited deep underwater, where extreme hydrostatic pressure fundamentally changes the way exhaust gases ...
Demand for missiles is a key driver of the booming solid rocket motor market. Credit: PR Library/Alamy Stock Image Two defense technology startups intent on breaking into the red-hot solid rocket ...
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