Northrop Grumman Corporation along with NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully performed a ground firing test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop ...

Northrop Grumman on Thursday conducted a static fire test of the latest solid rocket motor designed and developed in 12 ...

The hot-fire test of a chilled-down solid-fuel rocket motor for NASA’s planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) on June 28 moved the big human-rated rocket a step closer to its first flight in ...

PROMONTORY, Utah – NASA’s Space Shuttle Program successfully fired a reusable solid rocket motor Thursday, May 24, at a Utah test facility. The two-minute test provided important information for ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, and Anduril have successfully conducted a static fire test of an advanced solid rocket motor under a contract ...

Overseen by the 717th Test Squadron and the Arnold Engineering Development Test Complex, the ground-based fire of the Sentinel’s second stage rocket motor was “conducted in a vacuum chamber to ...

Northrop Grumman conducts its first annual SMART Demo static test to demonstrate several solid rocket motor innovations in December 2023 at the company’s Promontory, Utah, test area. Credit: Northrop ...

For the Bulldog Rocketry Club, the sky is the limit for their 2024 competition rocket design. On Saturday afternoon, the Bulldog Rocketry Club tested their current motor design in preparation for the ...

Anduril and Raytheon have conducted a ground test of an advanced solid rocket motor that could lead to a performance boost for air-to-air weapons. The work involved a static fire test of a rocket ...