Sierra Nevada Corp., one of the companies that's receiving NASA funds to build a new kind of spaceship, says it's reached agreement to acquire Wisconsin-based Orbital Technologies Corp., or Orbitec, ...

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) wholly-owned subsidiary Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) recently completed successful testing and demonstration of three different propellant combinations ...

Madison, Wisconsin based Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITECTM) has successfully flight-tested its new rocket engine and technologies in Mojave, CA. ORBITEC integrated its Vortex Liquid Rocket ...

Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) successfully flight tested its patented vortex liquid fuel rocket engine on October 25. The engine was installed in a Prospector-class Garvey Spacecraft ...

Sierra Nevada Corporation announced earlier this week that it has signed an agreement to purchase Wisconsin-based Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) as a wholly-owned subsidiary. The purchase ...

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MADISON, WI--(Marketwired - July 12, 2016) - Now US-based ORBITEC, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation, has enlisted the expertise of CONVERGE CFD (computational fluid dynamics) code developers ...

Orbitec has successfully made a full-duration flight test of its vortex-cooled engine in anticipation of an advanced upper stage engine programme (AUSEP) award. The flight took place in Mojave, ...

Now is the time to dream big and have bold visions of the future, even as present realities in aerospace are challenging. We must reflect upon how the dreams of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert ...

In October, a small team of rocket scientists gathered in the middle of the Mojave Desert to watch a launch they hoped would help change space flight forever. Poised in front of them on the flat, open ...

Orbital Technologies Corp. (ORBITEC), of Madison, Wisconsin, announced the successful testing of an innovative new liquid-fueled rocket engine the company said could be an integral part of programs ...