News, Press, and Announcements

CUA Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract for Cutting-Edge Space Thruster by DARPA

9/13/2024 News and Media

CU Aerospace, LLC, a leading aerospace engineering company for small satellite propulsion, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $3.29 million dollar contract by the DARPA.

Social Media Update

11/17/2023 Announcements

CU Aerospace makes an update to their preferred social media platforms.

Phil Ansell Elected in the AIAA Class of 2024 Associate Fellows

10/3/2023 Announcements

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2024 Associate Fellows, which include CUA's Phil Ansell.

CUA Selected by NASA to Develop an ESPA-class FPPT for Active Debris Removal Applications - $2.6 million

8/23/2023 News and Media

CU Aerospace: Fiber-fed Pulsed Plasma Thruster (FPPT) chosen by NASA for Active Debris Removal - $2.6 million.

CU Aerospace - SmallSat 2023

8/5/2023 Announcements

CU Aerospace is at SmallSat 2023 in Logan, Utah! Stop by to see our FPPT thruster demonstration at Table 209 in the Fieldhouse exhibit area.

CUA Affiliate ATSP Innovations Launches Multiple Coating Samples to ISS

3/15/2023 News and Media

Our Affliliate ATSP Innovations has launched their reversible adhesive experiment.

Mike Bragg Becomes the Executive Director of Chicago Initiatives

3/3/2023 Announcements

Mike Bragg Becomes the Executive Director of Chicago Initiatives for the Grainger College of Engineering at UIUC

Rod Burton Receives 2023 AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award

1/25/2023 Announcements

The Wyld Propulsion Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems.

David Carroll Receives the 2023 AIAA Sustained Service Award

1/5/2023 Announcements

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Sustained Service Awards. The award recognizes “sustained, significant service and contributions to AIAA by members of the Institute.”

Name Dropping | Burton's Love of Rocket Propulsion Continues to Soar

11/1/2022 News and Media

These days, Burton, a retired professor in the University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering, is 82 and still working with CU Aerospace, a Champaign-based company he helped to found with five other UI faculty.