A design that led to rapid development for the present concept is the Custer Channel Wing, a largely forgotten attempt to create ultra-short takeoff and landing (USTOL) airplanes nearly a century ago, ...
Piper Aircraft is working with jet engine manufacturer Williams International to investigate a unique PiperJet thrust augmentation system that could eliminate the need for its much-touted automatic ...
A new propulsion concept called the Nuclear Thermal Turbo Rocket (NTTR) is proposed for Earth to Orbit applications. The NTTR utilizes a nuclear fission reactor to thermally heat hydrogen propellant ...