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Rocket Lab Unveils Electric Powered Engine, Wants First Flight By End Of 2015

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Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

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Rocket Lab Unveils Electric Powered Engine, Wants First Flight By End Of 2015

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck on Tuesday unveiled his electric, liquid oxygen/kerosene, 3D printed engine called Rutherford with a goal of using it in his Electron battery-powered rocket by the end of this year.Beck told Defense Daily on Monday the brilliance of the Rutherford engine is replacing the thermodynamics of a traditional, gas generated engine with computer software. Unlike traditional propulsion cycles, the 4,600 pounds of thrust (lbf) adopts a entirely new production cycle, making use of high-performance…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]