The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to develop a ceramic matrix composite ...

Biehl, who thought rockets could be useful as small arms. Together they formed ... To handle this, Gyrojets are spin stabilized — angled rocket nozzles would spin the bullet up to rotational ...

The neat thing is he utilizes the temperature change of the liquid oxygen expanding to cool the chamber and nozzle before ... Build and Test Small Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engines.

A Houston-based aerospace firm has successfully outfitted its record-setting hypersonic engine system with NASA-supported ...

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) -- ...

Carolyn Russo / NASM, SI A Bell No. 2 rocket belt, also known as a Small Rocket Lift Device ... a few hundred pounds of thrust at the exhaust nozzles. These are controlled by the pilot’s ...

The company did not disclose how much the contract was for, but said it plans to use the technology on several of its rockets.

Built with lightweight composite material, nozzle extensions will lower costs, improve performance, and accelerate rocket engine production ... Firefly’s small- to medium-lift launch vehicles ...