This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

Solar sails have some major advantages over traditional propulsion methods—most notably, they don't use any propellant. But, ...

A French launch startup that recently closed a funding round is seeking defense applications for its hybrid propulsion technology.

There are many wonderful places we’d like to visit in the universe, and probably untold numbers more that we haven’t even seen or heard of yet. Unfortunately…they’re all so darn far away. A ...

Skydweller has been demonstrating its long-duration aircraft for the Navy, giving the service an opportunity to assess how electric and solar-assisted propulsion could support ext ...

Illustration of a True Anomaly Jackal vehicle with an Agile Space propulsion system. Credit: Agile Space Industries WASHINGTON — Agile Space Industries has been tapped to develop a propulsion system ...

We at CircuitDigest got to visit the facility of this Hyderabad-based manufacturer of electric propulsion solutions and get ...

Like bladeless Dyson fans on steroids, Jetoptera's unique aircraft propulsion systems look like pure sci-fi. But they're beginning to demonstrate some fascinating capabilities in testing, and the next ...

Technological advancement is opening new doors for hybrid and fully electric vessels. In mid-2020, the U.S. Navy accepted the delivery of the USS Zumwalt, the Navy’s first full-electric power and ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...