Here’s What You Need to Know: A working fusion reactor would be a fundamentally different means of power production than the fission reactors found in nuclear power plants today. In 2019, the U.S.

A technological breakthrough in naval propulsion will enable China’s second home-grown aircraft carrier to use the world’s most advanced jet launch system without having to resort to nuclear power, ...

A new generation of thrusters has been used to precisely guide and point a satellite in space, paving the way for use of this technology on future spacecraft to save weight, fuel and cut power ...

New electromagnetic propulsion technology being tested by the University of Maryland’s Space Power and Propulsion Laboratory (SPPL) on the International Space Station could revolutionize the ...

Electromagnetic focus Studies of electromagnetic propulsion concepts, meanwhile, continue to focus on magnetic levitation (maglev)-assisted, RBCC-powered launch vehicles. In a scene reminiscent of the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Navy’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System is engineered to be both steady and tailorable, meaning it can adjust to different aircraft weights and ...

LONDON–The UK Royal Navy has called on industry to provide information on electromagnetic catapults and arrestor wire systems that could launch and recover aircraft weighing 20 metric tons. The ...

Fuel-efficient ships that produce no wakes could soon be a reality thanks to computer simulations of “water cloaks” done by two researchers in the US. Yaroslav Urzhumov and Dean Culver of Duke ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers have developed a water cloaking concept based on electromagnetic forces that could eliminate an object's wake, greatly reducing its drag while simultaneously helping it ...