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Revolutionary jet engine shows promise after first hot-fire test

Posted by ArielTechGeek 164 days ago (https://newatlas.com)

Astro Mechanica – founded in 2021 by Ian Brooke and with a tight ship of only eight employees – is an aerospace startup developing what it calls a turboelectric adaptive engine for both subsonic and supersonic flight ... with electric car motor technology.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Supersonic, Subsonic, Electric Aircraft, Hybrid, Jets

Watch: Second stage of New Glenn rocket completes hot-fire test

Posted by ArielTechGeek 216 days ago (https://newatlas.com)

Blue Origin has conducted the first hot-fire static test of the fully integrated second stage of the company's New Glenn orbital rocket. The 15-second test took place on September 23, 2024 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Blue Origin, New Glenn, Rocket

Radical hypersonic engine blasts hotfire tests

Posted by ArielTechGeek 329 days ago (https://newatlas.com)

Hypersonic aircraft will need hypersonic engines. With that goal in mind, Ursa Major under a US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract has conducted a series of hotfire tests of its advanced Draper liquid-fuel rocket engine at its Berthoud, Colorado headquarters.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, Hypersonic