Schottel announced today that it will supply the full propulsion package for a new RoRo cargo vessel under construction at ...

At this point, neither appear likely to support a 2022 launch. ULA is buying engines for its Vulcan rocket from Blue Origin. Fueled by methane, the BE-4 engine is a large and capable machine that ...

The Vulcan rocket took a critical step toward its much-anticipated debut launch last week with a successful engine-firing test. However, one critical issue remains unresolved before the large ...

Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines are being placed onto United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket booster. (ULA Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has completed ...

The United Launch Alliance called off the first-ever engine test of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket on the launch pad in Florida on Thursday (May 25) due to a technical issue on the booster.

Vulcan Centaur is the next generation of rocket to replace both ULA’s Atlas and Delta IV rockets. It uses two BE-4 engines from Bezos’ Blue Origin and this will be their first launch.

More innovative is the main Vulcan core stage, which will employ a completely different type of rocket engine than previous ULA launchers: the BE-4 engine, designed and manufactured by Blue Origin ...

United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off for the first time tonight, making use of booster engines built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to launch ...

The Blue Origin BE-4 is used as the United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan rocket's main engine and also powers New Glenn's reusable booster. The ULA's Vulcan Centaur launched its first flight on ...

Credit: ULA The Vulcan's two Blue Origin-built BE-4 engines and twin solid rocket boosters, or SRBs, thundered to life at 7:25 a.m. EDT, shattering the morning calm with the crackling roar of 2 ...

signifying a tactical shift toward greater national self-reliance in rocket engine technology. Vulcan integrates design elements from both ULA’s Atlas V and Delta IV rockets and is poised to be ...