HRL Laboratories proof-of-concept delivers quiet, reliable propulsion for marine applications similar to the fictional approach used in the 1990 film “The Hunt for Red October.” Designed for DARPA, ...

Americans and the Japanese are in a boat race, and first prize may be a new technology that would power ships and submarines more quickly, quietly and efficiently. If successful, the technology could ...

For decades Russia has devoted considerable resources to develop a light compact propulsion as well as power system for future space ships. Over the years Russia has developed a number of different ...

KOBE, JAPAN — In the beginning was the oar, a crucial if low-tech invention that served as the prime engine of naval propulsion for uncounted millennia. The next great advance was the sail, the ...

To this end, the defence research organisation has launched the Principles of Undersea Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps (PUMP) programme, a 42-month effort aiming to build on the success of MHD at small ...

There were a studies published in 2006 and 2008 that looked at making a fusion rocket using dense plasma focus and air-breathing MHD propulsion. These system proposals would work even if Lawrenceville ...

A mysterious silent propulsion system reminiscent of author Tom Clancy’s fictional submarine “Red October” went to sea in real life Tuesday – not at a Russian naval base but in Japan’s most advanced ...

HRL Laboratories, LLC has demonstrated proof-of-concept on a unique approach to achieve a silent pumping system that replaces traditional mechanical moving parts with an electric current and a ...