CEDAR PARK, Texas — Cedar Park-based aerospace company Firefly is developing new technology to build better rocket engines. The Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

Built with lightweight composite material, nozzle extensions will lower costs, improve performance, and accelerate rocket engine production CEDAR PARK, Texas, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. Credit: Firefly The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly ...

Firefly will utilize its expertise in composite manufacturing and liquid rocket engines to rapidly design, build, and test a composite-based nozzle extension to validate the material. Once developed ...

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19 boats enjoyed some truly epic sailing at Parkstone Yacht Club, for the combined one day Craftinsure Silver Tiller, two day Allspars South West series and PYC Easter regatta weekend. If you've never ...

Northrop Grumman's Utah facility manufactures and tests solid rocket engines, like those used to launch NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis Program. Their campus spans over 10 ...

A rendering of a Sunbird rocket detaching from its station to dock ... of hydrogen. The Sunbird engines, however, would replace tritium with helium-3, a rare helium isotope. The reaction between ...

including carbon fiber composite structures and 3D printed rocket engines, but has a modified upper Kick Stage tailored for hypersonic technology tests and a larger payload capacity of up to 700 kg / ...

L3Harris Technologies in July 2023 acquired Aerojet Rocketdyne, which produces rocket engines for main-stage, upper-stage and in-space propulsion. (Aerojet Rocketdyne) As part of that quest ...

The company’s New Shepard rocket lifted off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site around 9:30 a.m. ET Monday and landed safely about 10 minutes later. • The flight soared well above the ...

including carbon fiber composite structures and 3D printed rocket engines, but has a modified upper Kick Stage tailored for hypersonic technology tests and a larger payload capacity of up to 700 ...