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The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) received a technical inquiry requesting information on the status of hypersonic missile technology and asked if the technology uses any organic composite materials. DSIAC materials engineering subject…
The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) received a technical inquiry requesting information on available electric motor and high-rate discharge battery technologies for space applications. The inquirer provided a set of requirements for the…
DSIAC was asked to search online resources for open source information on U.S. agencies involved in and programs related to hypersonic weapons research and development (R&D). DSIAC staff searched internal resources to provide information on reports…
On July 16, 2020, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) payload was installed and integrated on the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6) in preparation for a 2021 launch. As an experimental payload,…
It takes a lot of fuel to launch something into space. Sending NASA’s Space Shuttle into orbit required more than 3.5 million pounds of fuel, which is about 15 times heavier than a blue whale. But a new type of engine — called a rotating detonation engine — promises to make rockets not only more
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently delivered four RL10 upper stage engines to NASA’s Stennis Space Center that will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it carries astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft to deep space. These missions are part of NASA’s Artemis program, which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon,