WASHINGTON — A test firing of the first-stage motor of NASA’s planned Ares 1 crew launch vehicle will take place no earlier than Sept. 10 as NASA and its contractor, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), ...

Kratos’ new Zeus 1 rocket motor completes a successful static test at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Camden, Arkansas facility is available at https://www.globenewswire.com ...

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

Electrostatic motors are now common in MEMS applications, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin and spinoff C-Motive Technologies have brought macroscale electrostatic motors back. [via ...

Wisconsin company C-Motive is betting on electrostatic drive rather than magnetism for its proposed industrial motors. “The rotors and stators are made from standard PCBs and have an optimised set of ...

It is pretty damn cool. I wonder if that may be the way to go for e.g. space. Anyone knows any more about such motors? I can't really find much online except for old patent applications and zillion ...

C-Motive Technologies, Inc. is a Madison, Wisconsin based cleantech startup creating the world’s most energy efficient direct-drive motor technology. Through the use of electrostatic forces, the ...