SLOWED BY PROPELLANT Several Pentagon missile defense projects are feeling the effects of a hiatus in mixing solid propellants at Pratt & Whitney's San Jose, Calif., site. Propellant mixing has been ...

Standard Missile 6 aboard a U.S. Navy ship. Credit: Raytheon Technologies WASHINGTON — Anduril Industries won a $19 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a 21-inch diameter solid rocket motor ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded X-Bow Systems, a startup that specializes in solid rocket propulsion, a $17.8 million contract to demonstrate additive manufacturing ...

An SM-6 launched by guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) in June 2014. Anduril recently received a contract to develop a new second-stage rocket motor for the SM-6. (US Navy) Anduril ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran has begun rebuilding missile-production sites targeted by Israel during its 12-day war in June, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show, but a key ...

Electric solid propellants are being explored for use in dual-mode rocket engines because they aren't susceptible to ignite from a spark or flame and can be turned on and off electrically. Researchers ...

Combustion dynamics of solid propellants encompass the physical and chemical processes governing the rate and stability of propellant burning within rocket motors and ballistic devices. Solid ...