* Diver Propulsion Vehicle Specialty Course

Research and tests were conducted involving the nation's candidates for its next-generation launch systems, X-33, X-34, the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ( EELV ), and a master plan for rocket propulsion technology covering 15 years called Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology ( IHPRPT ).

* Linear Aerospike Engine — Propulsion for the X-33 Vehicle

AC Propulsion also produce Vehicle to grid or V2G systems, with their second generation AC-150 drivetrain offering a bidirectional grid power connection.

* Subskimmer for a RIB that can transform into a submerged Diver Propulsion Vehicle and back.

With Aerojet's assistance, CARDE and Bristol developed the " Propulsion Test Vehicle " to test new fuel and engine designs.

Two U. S. Marines of the MSPF operating a Diver Propulsion Vehicle | Diver Propulsion Device ( DPD )-Manufactured by STIDD Systems.

NERVA is an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, a joint program of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and NASA managed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office ( SNPO ) until both the program and the office ended at the end of 1972.

The RS-68 was developed at Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, located in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, to power the Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ( EELV ).

The Subskimmer is a Diver Propulsion Vehicle which is a form of RIB ( inflatable boat ) with an outboard petrol ( gasoline ) engine.

Major programmes of VSSC include the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ( PSLV ), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ( GSLV ), Rohini Sounding Rockets, Space Capsule Recovery Experiment, Reusable Launch Vehicles and Air Breathing Propulsion.

* Diver Propulsion Vehicle, an item of diving equipment

* Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Engine ( RBCC ): Ramrocket, University of Toronto, High-Speed Vehicle Propulsion Systems Group.

* San Diego iBotics Autonomous Underwater Vehicle uses Voith Schneider Propulsion

* Colorado State University Electric Propulsion & Plasma Engineering ( CEPPE ) Laboratory

:* T. S. Taylor, T. C. Powell, " Current Status of Metric Engineering with Implications for the Warp Drive ," AIAA-2003-4991 39th AIAA / ASME / SAE / ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, July 20 – 23, 2003

Peter C. Theisinger ( born 1945 in Fresno, California ) is the director of the Engineering and Science Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and was the project manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission and later project manager for the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory mission.

He is currently director for the Engineering and Science Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

* Propulsion Engineering

The Support Activity has expanded its mission and Department of Defense support role with over 40 tenant commands, and today is a training center, with the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command ( NNPTC ), Nuclear Power Training Unit, Propulsion Facility, and Border Patrol satellite academy ; Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston ; Mobile Mine Assembly Unit ; Explosive Ordnance Detachments ; Marine Corps Reserve Center ; an engineering complex, with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center ( SPAWAR, this is the largest employer in the Charleston area ) and is close to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast ; 269 above-ground ammunition magazines, maintenance and storage of military ordnance including mines, and serves as an Army logistics hub, the busiest continental United States surface port in the defense transportation system.

Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1982, Allen became the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( J. P. L.

The thrust-to-weight ratio of a rocket, or rocket-propelled vehicle, is an indicator of its acceleration expressed in multiples of gravitational acceleration g .< ref name =" sutton "> George P. Sutton & Oscar Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements ( p. 442, 7th edition ) “ thrust-to-weight ratio F / W < sub > g </ sub > is a dimensionless parameter that is identical to the acceleration of the rocket propulsion system ( expressed in multiples of g < sub > 0 </ sub >) if it could fly by itself in a gravity-free vacuum ”</ ref >

It is customary to calculate the thrust-to-weight ratio using initial gross weight at sea-level on earth .< ref > George P. Sutton & Oscar Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements ( p. 442, 7th edition ) “ The loaded weight W < sub > g </ sub > is the sea-level initial gross weight of propellant and rocket propulsion system hardware .”</ ref > This is sometimes called Thrust-to-Earth-weight ratio.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne ( PWR ) was formed in 2005 when Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion and Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power were merged following the latter's acquisition from Boeing.

The concept was first explored in the US by Robert Salkeld, who published the first study on the concept in Mixed-Mode Propulsion for the Space Shuttle, Astronautics & Aeronautics August 1971.

It consists of seven research centers: Advanced Optics, Biotechnology, Global Hydeology & Climate, Information Technology, Material Science, Propulsion, and Space Science.

* Rocket & Space Technology-Rocket Propulsion

* Marc G. Millis & Eric W. Davis ( editors ): Frontiers of Propulsion Science.

In February 2005, Boeing sold the company to Pratt & Whitney, which merged it with Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion to form Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.

In February 2005, Boeing reached an agreement to sell what was by then referred to as Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power to Pratt & Whitney.

* Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Wins $ 2. 2 Million Contract Option for Solar Thermal Propulsion Rocket Engine ( Press release, June 25, 2008, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne )

The crew members included Robert F. Overmyer, commander ; Frederick D. Gregory, pilot ; Don L. Lind, Norman E. Thagard and William E. Thornton, mission specialists ; and Lodewijk van den Berg, of EG & G Energy Management, Inc., and Taylor G. Wang, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, both payload specialists.

As of May 2009, the Specialist Group committees are as follows: Aerodynamics ; Aerospace Medicine ; Air Law ; Air Power ; Air Transport ; Airworthiness & Maintenance ; Avionics & Systems ; Environment ; Flight Operations ; Flight Simulation ; Flight Test ; General Aviation ; Historical ; Human Factors ; Human Powered ; Licensed Engineers ; Management Studies ; Propulsion ; Rotorcraft ; Space ; Structures & Materials ; UAV ; Weapons Systems & Technologies

Soviet-built thrusters were introduced to the West in 1992 after a team of electric propulsion specialists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Glenn Research Center, and the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the support of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, visited Soviet laboratories and experimentally evaluated the SPT-100 ( i. e., a 100 mm diameter SPT thruster ).

He was the Acting Director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and was responsible for a broad range of activities to include Human Research, Technology Development, Nuclear Power and Propulsion and the Lunar Robotic Exploration Programs to support the Vision for Space Exploration.

" The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory has considered Kapton as a good plastic support for solar sails because of its long duration in the space environment.

A Propulsion Directorate headquartered at Tinker AFB, Okla., oversees engine acquisition executed at Wright-Patterson and engine product support accomplished at Tinker.

Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information ( NNPI ) is a category of intellectual capital defined by the United States Navy to be " classified or unclassified information concerning the design, arrangement, development, manufacture, testing, operation, administration, training, maintenance, and repair of the propulsion plants of naval nuclear-powered ships and prototypes, including the associated shipboard and shore-based nuclear support facilities .."

Extensive research into molten salt reactors started with the U. S. Aircraft Reactor Experiment ( ARE ) in support of the U. S. Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program.

* The film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension uses Pynchon's fictional defense contractor Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, introduced in this novel.

In December 1958 Glennan also acquired control of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a contractor facility operated by the California Institute of Technology.

* The 1984 film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension used the name, as Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, for a defense contractor whose corporate offices feature the sign, " Where the future begins tomorrow.