Sentences with phrase «propulsion engines»

Experienced and knowledgeable Field Services Technician with a proven track record in maintenance and repairs for power systems, generators, home health equipment and electrical components of engines and propulsion engines.

The non-flammable helium inside the ship also provides a perfect environment in which to store hydrogen fuel containers that can provide hydrogen not as a lifting gas (as was used in the Hindenburg) but as a fuel for either a fuel cell propulsion system or simply to burn in conventional internal combustion propulsion engines.

On my sail boat, I have two diesel propulsion engines and use electricity generated by solar, wind, and a diesel emergency generator.

The jet propulsion engines and prototypes dating from this testing period are still scattered over a large portion of Lake Ontario to this day.

The luxury car maker — and creator of aircraft and marine propulsion engines — is dipping its toes into the contentious realm of unmanned cargo ships.

«On the road to creating an electrodeless spacecraft propulsion engine.»

To stay in that exact spot, the craft will use a field emission electric propulsion engine, which ejects ions of liquid metal cesium to exert a miniscule thrust to counter tiny forces on the craft, such as the sunlight itself.

Its stated purpose is to test and develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.

April 14th The NEXT - C ion propulsion engine has successfully completed a Critical Design Review conducted by NASA and is planned for use on the agency's 2021 DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission.

Responsibilities included work center supervisor for main propulsion engine and boiler rooms, leading petty officer for M and B divisions, Nuclear repair coordinator, Recruiter, Quality Assurance Inspector and maintenance coordinator for several minor and major overhauls on various class ships.

Not exact matches

Her 11 - month tenure as the co-founder of Asteria Propulsion, a company started from her work on micro-rocket engines as a graduate student at Duke, had been humbling.

The venture capital arm of Boeing has started off 2018 with several high profile investments, such as battery start - up Cuberg, Australian satellite company Myriota and British propulsion company Reaction Engines.

The company's BE-4 engine, the thunderous staple of Blue Origin's propulsion business, has demonstrated that it «works, and works well,» CEO Bob Smith told CNBC's Morgan Brennan at the 34th Space Symposium at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

And the European Union, perhaps still smarting from the mothballing of the Anglo - French Concorde in 2003, spent $ 7 million ($ 9.8 million) on the 36 - month Long - Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (LAPCAT) study, examining the possibilities of producing engines for aircraft that could far exceed the speed of sound.

Orbital Corporation has received its first order for a batch of engines and propulsion systems for Boeing's ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle project, in a deal worth $ 12 million.

Engine technology developer Orbital Corporation has been named the preferred supplier of engines and propulsion systems for Boeing's ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Founded in 2014 by MIT engineers Natalya Brikner and Louis Perna, this small satellite startup develops miniature ion engines for more efficient space propulsion.

In 2014, five engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested independent inventor Guido Fetta's Cannae Drive, a prototype space engine that's basically a microwave emitter within a small metal cone.

Instead of rocketing astronauts off into deep space, the Asteroid Redirect Mission would send a robotic spacecraft to a small asteroid, secure it (potentially by grabbing it and stuffing it into a giant high - tech bag) and tow it back to orbit the moon using a hyper - efficient kind of rocket engine technology called solar electric propulsion.

Russell got interested in ion engines in 1992, when he met Scott Benson, an engineer at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now the Glenn Research Center), who had recently begun experimenting with ion propulsion.

What makes Dawn's mission possible is a type of propulsion known as an ion engine.

> A propulsion module consisting of four stages, each with four Vulcain 2 rocket engines (now being readied for an upgrade of ESA's Ariane 5 rocket), to propel the spacecraft from low Earth orbit to Mars.

Rayman's nonchalance was due to Dawn's innovative ion - engine propulsion system.

Mature electric propulsion devices such as ion engines, hall thrusters and magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters have electrodes exposed to the plasmas.

Although LS3's propulsion system is still being designed, BigDog's used a two - stroke, go - kart gasoline combustion engine to drive a hydraulic pump.

His Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) system produces the smallest thrust of any space engine ever: It is designed to counter the force of sunlight on a spacecraft — about the same as that of a single falling human hair.

A hybrid rocket propulsion system comprises propellants of two different states of matter, the most common configuration being a rocket engine composed of a solid propellant lining a combustion chamber into which a liquid or gaseous propellant is injected so as to undergo a strong exothermic reaction to produce hot gas that is emitted through a De Laval nozzle for propulsive purposes.

«We are going to start a revolution,» agrees Tom Mueller, vice president of propulsion, who formerly ran rocket - engine development for TRW, now part of Northrop Grumman.

Two RD - 110 missile engines (left and center) used during the 1940s and 1950s suffered from rough combustion and thermal stress design problems and were abandoned as an approach to rocket propulsion.

It uses a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion system, which includes the RS - 25D / E rocket engines from the Space Shuttle Program for the core stage and the J - 2X engine for the upper stage.

Boeing's CST - 100 Starliner space capsule got a further boost toward completion when the engines being built for its reactive propulsion system by Aerojet Rocketdyne passed their qualification tests.

Moving at 23,878 mph (38,430 km / h), a burn by the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine on Apollo 6's service module would have slowed the spacecraft and lowered its apogee to 13,800 miles (22,225 km).

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This two - stop tour of our solar system is made possible by Dawn's ion propulsion system, its three ion engines being much more efficient than chemical propulsion.

Visitors to the site can see the inner workings of a variety of engines such as the locomotive, jet propulsion, oscillating, and many others work.

The 321bhp 3.6 - litre engine has a more gutsy delivery too, so although you don't get fireworks, you still get plenty of meaningful propulsion.

The engine serves as both a generator for the twin motors and a source of propulsion; the amount of assist and / or charge that it provides varies with load and vehicle speed.

Since the propulsion motor is on the input side of the transmission, it experiences gearchanges just like the gas engine would — and an occasional jolt can be felt, especially when the transmission downshifts as you're slowing for a red light.

By combining the high - revving performance of petrol power and superior torque and fuel economy of diesel propulsion, Mazda quotes 10 - 30 per cent increases in torque and 20 - 30 per cent gains in engine efficiency over the current Skyactive - G generation engines.

«It was designed from the ground up as a truck engine,» Sutter says during a briefing at the GM Proving Grounds here on the Silverado propulsion strategy.

But who cares what engine or propulsion system it's got when it looks this sharp?

Back in 2010 the Department of Energy set a cost goal of $ 125 per kilowatt hour for an EV battery pack by 2022, because that would make electric - propulsion systems equal to the cost of an internal - combustion engine.

Bob Lee, group vice president and head of engine and electrified propulsion engineering, accepts trophies for 3.0 L turbodiesel V - 6 in Ram and for 83 - kW electric motor in 500e.

To be eligible, a new or significantly improved engine or propulsion system must be on sale in a production vehicle during the first quarter of 2014.

Mike Duhaime, director - electrified propulsion engineering at FCA, accepts Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid award at the 2018 Wards 10 Best Engines ceremony.

WardsAuto editors chose the winners after spending October and November evaluating 32 engines and electric propulsion systems during routine commutes in metro Detroit.

Most Volt owners will run almost exclusively on electrical propulsion, and might only hear the engine during a Thanksgiving road trip to grandma's house.

In an effort to expand its commercial vehicle sales in an uncertain economy, Ford has just announced that it will offer its 6.8 - liter gasoline V - 10 as an optional engine in the Super Duty F - 650 medium - duty truck, making it the only medium - duty truck to offer gas propulsion.

Twin bubble canopies, razor wings, turbine engine for propulsion.

Work on Porsche's manufacturing facility will create a new paint shop, a new assembly plant, and changes to the engine factory to accommodate electric propulsion production.