Taking aim at winged spaceflight: LEAP 71 and Farsoon reveal AI-designed, metal-printed hypersonic precooler

by leap71 | Nov 12, 2025 | General

Dubai, UAE/Changsha, China, November 12th, 2025: Achieving single-stage-to-orbit flight — lifting off from a runway and reaching orbit in one continuous ascent — has long been one of aerospace’s most elusive goals. LEAP 71 and Farsoon Technologies have taken a...

LEAP 71 announces successful manufacturing validation of massive rocket engine component with Nikon SLM Solutions

by leap71 | Nov 6, 2025 | General

Dubai, UAE/Lübeck, Germany, November 6th, 2025: LEAP 71 today announced the successful production of a 2000 kN (2 Meganewton) full-flow staged combustion rocket engine injector head with German industrial 3D printing pioneer Nikon SLM Solutions. The large-scale metal...

Aspire Space and LEAP 71 partner to build large reusable space launch systems in the UAE

by leap71 | Jun 26, 2025 | General

Dubai, June 26, 2025 — Aspire Space and LEAP 71 today announced a strategic partnership to develop a new large reusable launch vehicle capable of delivering up to 15 metric tons to low Earth orbit (LEO). Founded in Luxembourg, Aspire Space is led by veterans of major...

LEAP 71 scales computational rocket engine development to meganewton-class thrust

by leap71 | Apr 30, 2025 | General

Dubai, UAE – April 30, 2025 — LEAP 71 has announced the next phase of its rocket engine program, scaling its computational engineering methodology to develop meganewton-class propulsion systems. Building on the successful validation of smaller-scale engines, the...

LEAP 71 hot fires advanced aerospike rocket engine designed by computational AI

by leap71 | Dec 23, 2024 | General

Dubai, December 22nd, 2024: LEAP 71, a pioneer in Computational Engineering, has successfully hot-fired one of the most advanced and elusive rocket engines ever created — an Aerospike with 5,000 Newtons (1,100 lbf) of thrust, powered by cryogenic liquid oxygen and...