Propulsion Systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic technology is a battleground with countries competing against one another, and China is out performing everyone. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As China continues its push to beat the US’s military prowess they’ve just “accidentally” unveilled two new Sixth Gen fighter…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic startups are in vogue right now but despite huge advances most are going bankrupt before their products see the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the movies all space craft just fly into orbit – that’s Single Stage to Orbit – and today no…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could launch objects into space without having to use propellant? That’s the subject of a heated scientific…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Aerospike engines are almost science fiction like, enabling aircraft and drones to reach orbit like a conventional aircraft with just…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Rotation detonation engines look like they’re capable of Mach 16 plus flight, so they are game changers if they can…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flying cars seem to be a way off still but eVTOL aircraft are popping up everywhere so companies are working…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sometimes old technologies modernised are better than the latest bleeding edge innovations, and this is yet another example. Love…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Explosions are normally bad in engines, but done in the right way they are the future of jet engine design…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF So far noone has cracked the ability to switch an engine from supersonic to hypersonic. That’s now solved. Let the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bladeless VTOL aircraft make a lot more sense than prop based ones, but getting the technology right is very hard….
