The “caterpillar drive” in The Hunt for Red October allowed the sub to travel virtually undetected through the ocean, but real examples of magnetohydrodynamic drives (MHDs) are rare. The US Navy’s ...
Centrifugal Magnetic Mirrors could enable commercial nuclear fusion reactors on Earth and are also promising for next level propulsion in space. There is funded near term work for both goals. An early ...
CubeSats are becoming ever more popular, with about 2,400 total launched so far. However, the small size limits their options for fundamental space exploration technologies, including propulsion. They ...
As the commercial space economy accelerates and launch cadences increase, ensuring the absolute reliability of rocket engines and launch vehicle infrastructure has become a critical operational ...
PARIS - This week at the Paris Air Show, MagLev Aero co-founders and father-and-son duo Rod and Ian Randall debuted their state-of-the-art propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing ...
Microrobots are extremely small robots with potential applications in fields such as medicine and industry. At the same time, ...
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position within the Astronautics Group, in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The post will work on a collaborative project between the ...
MagLev Aero debuted its MagLev HyperDrive, a propulsion system for eVTOL aircraft that utilizes magnetic levitation technology, at the Paris Air Show. This innovative system is designed to ...