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Ursa Major is committed to delivering high-quality propulsion systems through acceptance testing.
Ursa Major designs, tests, and manufactures its engines at a facility in Berthoud, Colorado using analysis and simulation, 3D printing, and proprietary alloys.
Ursa Major completed acceptance testing of three Hadley 1st Stage engines for Vector Launch’s upcoming National Security Mission.
Ursa Major is confident that its engines will perform within mission specifications for the Vector Launch national security mission.
Under the AFRL contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its Draper engine for hypersonics.
Under the U.S. Air Force Tactical Funding Increase program last August, Ursa Major and AFRL had a contract to qualify the 5,000-pound-thrust oxygen-rich staged-combustion Hadley rocket engine for future Department of Defense missions.
Vector Launch's upcoming national security mission will rely on Ursa Major’s engines.
The engines developed by Ursa Major are designed to be highly efficient and reliable, suitable for applications requiring high performance and safety.
Ursa Major introduced the Arroway engine in August 2022 with the goal of supporting next-generation heavy launch.
Ursa Major’s contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory is an eight-figure agreement and is larger than a $3,600,000 Air Force contract the company received last year for development of its Hadley engine for small launch vehicles.
Under the Air Force Research Laboratory contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its Draper engine for hypersonics and will further develop its 200,000-pound-thrust Arroway engine for space launch.
Ursa Major plans to build a dedicated test stand for the Draper engine and to hotfire the engine within 12 months.
Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on 2023-05-23 to support the development of two of the company’s rocket engines.
The vacuum variant of Ursa Major’s Hadley engine provides 2,948 kg of thrust.
Astra selected Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid engine to power the upper stage of its Rocket 4 launch vehicle.
Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force $3,600,000 contract last year to support development and flight-qualification of the Hadley engine.
Ursa Major tests its engines at a facility in Berthoud, Colorado that houses engine design, manufacturing, and testing in one place.
Ursa Major agreed with Vector Launch to supply several 5,000-pound-thrust Hadley engines to power the main stage of Vector-R launch vehicles to demonstrate capabilities for future missions.
Vector Launch was awarded a U.S. national security contract that Ursa Major will support with propulsion supply.
The Daytona rocket is powered by ten Hadley engines supplied by Ursa Major of Colorado.