US aerospace manufacturers are again expanding production capacity for rocket engines, reversing a long-term trend of decline driven by industry consolidation and stagnant demand. In recent years ...
Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...
Colorado-based engine maker Ursa Major has secured an order for its developmental Draper rocket powerplant. The propulsion start-up on 17 September said it had received a $35 million contract from an ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne — a leading American rocket engine manufacturer — has offered about $2 billion in cash to purchase the United Launch Alliance, a joint spaceflight venture of Boeing and Lockheed ...
SpaceX owns 98% of global rocket launches, a monopoly with virtually no competition. Only China is competing with Elon Musk at this point in number of launches and, while the country is getting closer ...
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Who invented the modern rocket engine?

Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...
"Over the past four years alone, the number of aircraft engines delivered has grown by over 50%, going from 791 to 1,227 units," Russian President said SAMARA, September 5. /TASS/. Russia ranks among ...