Propulsion

Building innovative solutions to power human exploration

Our expertise in design, analysis, systems engineering, integration, manufacturing, and test provides full-spectrum support for launch vehicles, missile systems, and spacecraft.

Rocket Propellants

• Liquid Oxygen, Nitrous Oxide, and Hydrogen Peroxide
• Kerosene (RP-1), Propane, Ethane, Methane, Hydrogen
• Hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) (AF-315E) and hydrazine
• Solid and Hybrid rocket motors

Testing

• Propulsion testing: up to 50,000-lbf thrust-class engines and stages, cryogenic propellants, storable propellants, in-house vacuum propulsion testing
• Mechanical testing: pneumatic, cryogenic, and hydraulic systems, structural development and qualification, proof and burst
• Environmental testing: vibration, temperature cycling, thermal shock, and vacuum