The Space Age framed nuclear propulsion as a quiet rethinking of movement, distance, and endurance beyond Earth.

ELKTON, Md. – Jan. 7, 2026 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $94.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy ...

Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New ...

Iran is seeking to transform its space program from a strategic state project into a low-cost commercial industry. By leveraging indigenous launchers and non-Western partnerships, it targets ...

STARTS RIGHT NOW. A ROCKET MOTOR MANUFACTURING AND TESTING FACILITY GOING UP IN RIO RANCHO. THE CITY CLAIMS IT WILL CREATE JOBS AND BOOST THE ECONOMY, BUT SOME RESIDENTS ARE WORRIED. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ...

Avio USA, the Arlington County-based U.S. subsidiary of Italian rocket company Avio SpA, has chosen Virginia as the location for a $500 million advanced manufacturing facility where it will produce ...

Northrop Grumman test-fired a solid rocket motor called SMASH!22 Dec. 4 as part of its SMART Demo development program. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket ...

At a rocketry club’s monthly launch, some of the projectiles flew as high as 4,500 feet, carrying onboard cameras, GPS trackers and altimeter-activated parachutes. At a rocketry club’s monthly launch, ...

Estes Energetics is the U.S.’ only producer of military-grade black powder, a key ingredient for the onshore integration and assembly of defense systems that the Pentagon wants more of. Voyager ...

Both defense primes and plucky startups are vying for a piece of the growing pie in the solid rocket motor market. Credit: Olena Bartienieva/Alamy Stock Image The long-duopolistic solid rocket motor ...

New campus to expand rocket motor manufacturing capacity six-fold Facility to support U.S. missile defense modernization efforts L3Harris investing $500 million across multiple states to meet defense ...

(Reuters) -Defense supplier L3Harris Technologies said on Tuesday it will invest $400 million in a new solid rocket motor production campus in Arkansas, marking one of the largest such expansions in ...