Ursa Major Technologies is an American aerospace company and independent rocket propulsion provider specializing in the design, testing, and manufacturing of rocket engines for space launch and hypersonic applications. They offer high-performance liquid rocket engines like the Hadley, Ripley, Draper and Arroway, as well as solid rocket motors. Ursa Major serves commercial space enterprises, defense contractors, and the U.S. government, with customers including Phantom Space, Stratolaunch, and RTX's Raytheon. Key activities include advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing to optimize production and reduce costs.
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Ursa Major designed Lynx SRMs to carry more propellant using the same engine footprint compared with legacy motor systems.
Ursa Major introduced Lynx, a new approach to designing and manufacturing solid rocket motors (SRM).
Ursa Major aims to supply solid rocket motors to the U.S. Department of Defense and to partner with other manufacturers.
Ursa Major intends to develop solid rocket motors from 2 to 0.572 m in diameter.
With resources in Youngstown, Ursa Major can reduce the production and delivery cycle for combustion chambers from six months to one month.
The Ursa Major Advanced Manufacturing Lab created an additive manufacturing capability for the NASA-developed copper-chrome-niobium alloy GRCop-42 using Ursa Major’s first large-scale 3D printer.
America Makes considers Ursa Major a valuable addition to the Youngstown ecosystem and will collaborate on improving producibility and lead-time reduction for defense-industrial-base-relevant parts.
Ursa Major and America Makes established the Ursa Major Advanced Manufacturing Lab in Youngstown, Ohio in 2021.
Ursa Major and America Makes established the Ursa Major Advanced Manufacturing Lab in Youngstown, Ohio in 2021.
Ursa Major received additional funding from America Makes on 2023-08-02 to produce 3D printed engine hardware.
Using 3D printing, Ursa Major can reduce the production and delivery cycle for combustion chambers from six months to one month.
Ursa Major is producing about 30 Hadley engines per year, each with 2,268 kg of thrust, for the U.S. Air Force and commercial customers including Phantom Space and Stratolaunch.
The Ursa Major Advanced Manufacturing Lab created an additive manufacturing capability for the NASA-developed copper-chrome-niobium alloy GRCop-42 using Ursa Major’s first large-scale 3D printer.
America Makes will continue collaborating with Ursa Major in Youngstown to improve producibility and reduce lead times for defense-industrial-base relevant parts.
The new America Makes agreement with Ursa Major is worth about $1,200,000.
America Makes awarded Ursa Major $3,000,000 in 2021 for the company’s 3D manufacturing lab.
Ursa Major operates a 3D printing manufacturing lab in Youngstown, Ohio.
Ursa Major laid off workers on 2023-06-09 as part of a company reorganization.
Ursa Major is developing the 200,000-pound-thrust LOX/methane Arroway engine.
Acceptance testing was conducted at Ursa Major’s facility in Colorado, ensuring the engines meet high standards of safety, reliability, and performance.