RPS is delighted to have been awarded a $200K Technology Enhancement for Commercial Partnerships (TECP) grant from NSF for development of a reusable suborbital launch…

RPS completed hot-fire testing of its preburner today. The preburner operates on liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid natural gas (LNG) propellants and is a critical…

Kent, WA – Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC (RPS) announces it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a SBIR Phase I contract in the amount of…

Rocket Propulsion Systems has graduated from the Endless Frontier Labs 2023-2024 cohort – one of 49 ground-breaking companies! It has been an incredible journey working…

We are thrilled to have been accepted into NYU Stern School of Business / Endless Frontier Labs (EFL) business accelerator, 2023-2024 Deep Tech cohort! EFL accelerates the success of…

We are excited to announce that RPS has been selected for the 2023 National Security Innovation Network Vector accelerator cohort. Over the next 10 weeks, our…

RPS team is honored to have won the $1M SBIR Phase II award from the National Science Foundation.  In Phase II we will validate thrust…

RPS was delighted to participate in CAMPS innovation forum and share thoughts on current developments in space industry and how they could benefit the advanced…

RPS welcomes Bahn Lee as its Advisor. Bahn Lee has been one of three early employees of Redfin, taking the company from a 3-person startup with $0 to IPO. So…

RPS welcomes Byron Robinson – USA Olympian and Chairman and CEO of Robinson & Co Banking – as its Chief Development Officer. Tremendously proud to…

RPS was delighted to participate and interact with an international audience at the Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) today to discuss space technology, ecosystem development and…

RPS is delighted to be a part of the emerging commercial space ecosystem in WA state, and thanks Kent Valley Economic Development for their support.…

RPS has completed its first “Centurion” rocket engine prototype for small satellite space launch vehicles. The engine weighs 33 pounds and costs $100,000 to produce.…

We were honored to host NavalX, NorthWest Tech Bridge and Impact Washington at our facility, share progress on Centurion rocket engine build under NSF Phase I, and discuss potential use…

RPS was honored to host Kent Mayor Dana Ralph and Chief Economic Development Officer William Ellis at our Kent facility today, and share on progress…

A night-time test at our test facility of high-speed, hot hydrogen flowing in at around 1700 ft/sec (Mach 0.2) and 1500 degrees Fahrenheit to burn…

We are honored to have been awarded an SBIR Phase I by the National Science Foundation to boost the development of the first American high-performance,…

We are honored to have been selected by NASA for Phase II contract in support of NASA’s next generation nuclear rocket propulsion development and future…

Rocket Propulsion Systems is excited to have been awarded a NASA SBIR Phase I contract for the development of “Injector for LOX-GH Stable Combustion at…