We consider the control allocation problem in a spacecraft thruster configuration. It consists on the determination of the force command to be sent to each thruster in order to point the total torque ...

We present a focused review of selected design solutions for the permanent magnet-based magnetic circuitry of Hall-type thrusters, with the emphasis on their relevance to miniaturized devices ...

Today we're prototyping some rocket injectors for a monopropellant thruster that I'm building! The two types of injectors we are looking at are Showerhead and Impinging injectors, and analyze them ...

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply 17 shipsets of its US azimuth thrusters to Turkish shipyard Sanmar. The thrusters are for a range of international tug projects, a spokesperson said, ...

Emre Kopuz, senior sales manager at Kongsberg Maritime, added: “These latest contracts with Sanmar Shipyards builds on our long and successful relationship with one of Türkiye’s leading tug builders.

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply 17 shipsets of its US range of azimuth thrusters to Türkiye’s Sanmar Shipyards for a range of international tug projects.

The thrusters will cover a range of power outputs between 1,765 kW and 2,525 kW and a bollard pull ranging between 60 and 85 tons. Sanmar Shipyards, a long-standing Kongsberg Maritime customer, and ...

Schottel has been selected to supply propulsion systems for a new tractor tug in the OX series being developed by US-based aluminium workboat builder Silverback Marine. The vessel, which is under ...

At Nor Shipping, we caught up with Craig Carter, vice-president of business development at Thordon Bearings to discuss the latest developments of his company’s Thordon-Blue Ocean Stern Space (T-BOSS) ...

For one, there’s an entire other category of nuclear propulsion known as NEP, which converts nuclear heat into electricity to power ion thrusters.