New Frontier Aerospace

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The future of aviation: hypersonic VTOLs Thanks to Alex Tai, Jess Sponable, and Oscar S. Garcia from New Frontier Aerospace for sharing the advancements of this innovative mode of transportation. - Use of sustainable fuel - liquefied natural gas - VTOLs would fly at mach 8 - Be anywhere in the world in less than 2 hours -Initial flight tests start next year Looking forward to seeing this new mode of transportation in the future #BDO #aerospace #defense Kasra Mojtahedi, CPA Howard E. Manetti Aaron Raddock R.J. Romano

Meet Mjölnir, named after Thor’s hammer! For those who missed the Space News article, New Frontier Aerospace (NFA) has begun hot fire testing their Mjölnir rocket engine. It wasn’t the first testing, but prior tests were for critical components: the liquid oxygen and natural gas (methane) turbopumps. Hot firing begins the test campaign to qualify the fully assembled engine for a key design goal: namely, demonstrating the reliability and safety features of jet engines. Designed for versatility, Mjölnir aims to enable routine endo-atmospheric hypersonic flight and efficient high delta-v propulsion in space. When paired with an appropriate airframe, it enables routine cost-effective hypersonic testing and when scaled up offers 70% greater range than projected ram/scram-powered aircraft. For space applications, a larger nozzle will provide extreme efficiency for orbital transfer and maneuvers throughout cislunar space. The tests themselves were ignition tests, less than a second long barely spinning up the turbines. But what they demonstrated was the ability to ignite the gas-gas propellants with the reliability and safety of your gas range (or if you prefer your light switch). Yes, a lot more NFA testing is needed to fully validate their goals, but every journey begins with a first step. More steps are coming including steady state operation of Mjölnir, incorporation in an orbital maneuver vehicle testbed, and flight test in an uncrewed aircraft.

It was an honor to moderate this panel on International Spaceport Readiness to Support Point-to-Point Transportation at the Farnborough International Airshow! Thanks to Hidetaka Aoki, Stephen Camporeale, Giovanni Di Antonio, FRAeS, Khaki Rodway, and Alex Tai for the outstanding discussion!

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Join GSA at Space Zone hall at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024! Panel session: International Spaceport Readiness to Support Point-to-Point Transportation Tuesday, July 23rd in the Space Zone Theatre– Hall 4 Moderator: Dr. George Nield - Chairman, Global Spaceport Alliance Panelists: - Hidetaka Aoki - Co-Founder and Director, Space Port Japan Association - Giovanni Di Antonio, FRAeS, Director - Technological Innovation, Italian Civil Aviation Authority - ENAC - Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile - Stephen Camporeale – Country Director for UK and Europe, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) - Alex Tai – Chairman, New Frontier Aerospace - Khaki Rodway – Spaceplane Sales and Operations Director, Dawn Aerospace 👉 https://lnkd.in/eUpHCSvc Given the rapid progress taking place in the commercial space sector, the next few years will likely bring the development of dozens of operational #spaceports all over the world. These spaceports will have the potential to serve as focal points and technology hubs for #aerospace innovation, as well as to support increased access to space. At the same time, we are seeing the development of a new class of aerospace vehicles that can travel between any two points on Earth within a couple of hours. Although many different design concepts have been proposed, the ability to conduct high-speed, long-distance #transportation through space, initially for cargo, but eventually for people, will be a major game-changer, both for national security, and for economic competitiveness. This session will explore current prospects for such operations and discuss how they could be integrated with the emerging international spaceport network. #P2P #Pointtopoint #spaceeconomy #Spaceindustry #spacetransportation

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Meet our final two panelists for next Monday’s event! (Last tickets selling now: https://lnkd.in/dNhAWh2s ) Bill "Burners" Bruner is the co-founder and CEO of New Frontier Aerospace. Bill had a distinguished career in the United States Air Force, from which he retired as a Colonel. Among his decorations is the Bronze Star, awarded for service in the First Gulf War. He then served in several key positions in Washington, including Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2007-2009), and Office Director within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His company, New Frontier Aerospace, is manufacturing advanced rocket engines to power multiple products for civil, commercial, and defense applications. Miguel Ayala is CEO and Co-Founder of Aphelion Aerospace. Miguel has over 20 years of experience developing launch vehicles and spacecraft including Boeing SLS rocket, United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket, Orion spacecraft and A2100 satellites at Lockheed Martin, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets at SpaceX, the JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JEM ISS habitat module at Honeywell, and NASA Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters at Northrop Grumman. His company, Aphelion Aerospace, aims to miniaturize and mass-produce space propulsion technology to revolutionize access to and operations in space. We’re looking forward to welcoming all our panelists Bill Bruner, Miguel Ayala, Melissa Roth, John Conafay, and YOU to Uniquely Entrepreneurial: Space and the Pacific Northwest in the Redmond Space District on Monday, June 10.