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RocketStar unveils fusion-enhanced electric thruster for spacecraft – Space Daily

Further validation came during an SBIR Phase 2 project at the High Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL) in Atlanta, Georgia, enhancing the …

World’s 1st nuclear fusion-powered electric propulsion drive unveiled

For the testing, the team added boronated water into the exhaust plume of a pulsed plasma thruster during a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) …

Fortius Metals Awarded $1.25M AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II Contract – Digital Journal

(Fortius) announces it has been awarded an AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.25M focused on qualifying Fortius Metals …

Successful demonstration of fusion-powered electric propulsion – Inceptive Mind

It created alpha particles and gamma rays, a clear indication of nuclear fusion. It was further validated during the subsequent SBIR Phase 2, where it …

Precise Systems Acquires Jardon & Howard Technologies (JHT)

… (SBIR) program. In recognition of the importance of proxSIMity to the training mission, JHT was awarded eight SBIR Phase III contracts. These …

Special operations seeing growing demand amid planned cuts: commander – Defense One

Even as the U.S. Army makes plans to cut up to 3,000 special operations soldiers, the demand for such forces is growing around the world, …

Congress wants US Air Force to better explain reorganization plans – Defense News

But in a summary of the compromise version of the fiscal 2024 Defense Appropriations Act, publicly released Thursday, lawmakers said the Air Force …

William & Mary to name building after former Defense Secretary Robert Gates – WVEC

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will have an academic building named after him at William & Mary, the Williamsburg, Va. university …

Firefly Aerospace Selected to Demonstrate Launch and On-Orbit Services for U.S. Defense

… U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to conduct a trade study on its capabilities to rapidly launch Firefly’s Elytra …

US Congress releases $1.2 trillion spending package to avert shutdown – Reuters

After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled a $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending measure for defense, homeland security and other …