China’s
aerospace, maritime and defense tech industry,
in focus.

Launch Vehicle Safety Challenges

20.2% of this theme group

Researchers examine failure causes and post‑mission disposal issues for space launch vehicles.

Launch vehicle (89) · Aeronautics (45) · Aerospace engineering (44) · Space launch (37)

Analysis of Space Launch Vehicle Failures and Post-Mission Disposal Statistics

Reliability products for Space Launch Vehicle safety assessments

Affordability and Strategy in Space Launch

19.5% of this theme group

Papers discuss cost‑effective system engineering and national strategy considerations for launch capabilities.

Space launch (66) · Aeronautics (46) · Space (39) · CubeSat (13)

NASA's Space Launch System: Systems Engineering Approach for Affordability and Mission Success

Space Launch Capabilities and National Strategy Considerations

Acoustic and Flow Issues at Lift‑off

15.4% of this theme group

Studies focus on lift‑off flow fields, aeroacoustic phenomena, and mitigation techniques for launch vehicles.

Aerospace engineering (42) · Aeronautics (34) · Hypersonic speed (7) · Launch vehicle (27)

Flow Field and Acoustic Investigations of the Launch Vehicle Environment during Lift-off

Aeroacoustic Improvements during Lift-off of Launch Vehicles

Liquid‑Propellant Engine Instabilities

13.1% of this theme group

Works address technology gaps and combustion instability control for liquid rocket engines.

Liquid-propellant rocket (52) · Propellant (33) · Rocket engine (39) · Rocket (38)

Perspective of Technology for Liquid Rocket Engines

Combustion Instabilities and its Control Techniques for Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine

Policy and Governance of Space Industry

11.9% of this theme group

Analyses evaluate legal, political, and competitive challenges facing commercial space transportation.

Space (61) · Government (35) · Space industry (13) · Accountability (10)

Title IV Space Resource Exploration and Utilization of the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: A Legal and Political Assessment

Commercial Space Transportation: Industry Trends, Government Challenges, and International Competitiveness Issues

Hybrid Rocket Propulsion Challenges

11.0% of this theme group

Research reviews feedback control and performance limits of hybrid rocket engines.

Rocket (51) · Rocket engine (37) · Propulsion (16) · Spacecraft propulsion (9)

Theoretical Investigation on Feedback Control of Hybrid Rocket Engines

Review on Hybrid Rocket Engine: Past, Present and Future Scenario

Combustion Chamber and Nozzle Modeling

9.0% of this theme group

Papers present simulations and experiments on rocket combustion chambers and nozzle flows.

Combustion (17) · Nozzle (12) · Combustion chamber (12) · Rocket (23)

Numerical Simulations of a Single Injector Gaseous Methane Rocket Combustion Chamber

Experimental Validation of Nozzle Flow Simulations for Rocket Application Rotating Detonation Engines

Launch Environment Risk Management

21.5% of this theme group

Studies caution about lightning exposure and cost thresholds affecting launch economics.

Space launch (33) · Space (19) · Satellite (10) · Launched (13)

Investigation on improvements in lightning retest criteria for spacecraft

Launch Cost Thresholds for Economic Activity

Combustion Instability in Rocket Engines

21.5% of this theme group

Investigations highlight experimental characterization of high‑frequency instabilities in liquid and hybrid rockets.

Rocket (42) · Rocket engine (38) · Combustion (22) · Liquid-propellant rocket (24)

Experimental Characterization of Combustion Instabilities in High-Mass-Flux Hybrid Rocket Engines

Experimental Validation of Off-design Combustion for Liquid-propellant Rocket Engine High-frequency Instability

Trajectory Sensitivity to Aerodynamics

18.4% of this theme group

Research warns of boundary‑layer transition and pressure effects on reusable launch vehicle trajectories.

Launch vehicle (44) · Aerospace engineering (32) · Trajectory (8) · Aeronautics (13)

Influence of Boundary Layer Transition on the Trajectory Optimisation of a Reusable Launch Vehicle

Unsteady Surface Pressure Characterization on Launch Vehicle in Liftoff Configuration

Heat Transfer Limits in Thrust Chambers

12.6% of this theme group

Analyses focus on measured throat heating and radiative loads in liquid rocket engines.

Heat transfer (11) · Coolant (8) · Combustion chamber (14) · Heat flux (8)

Overview and analysis of the experimentally measured throat heat transfer in liquid rocket engine thrust chambers

Radiative Heating in Combustion Chamber of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines

Detonation Engine Performance Uncertainties

10.6% of this theme group

Papers model rotating detonation engines and assess parametric influences on rocket performance.

Detonation (20) · Nozzle (15) · Rocket (17) · Rocket engine (16)

Rotating Detonation Engine Performance Model for Rocket Applications

Low-Order Parametric Analysis of a Rotating Detonation Engine in Rocket Mode

Thrust Vector and Impulse Control Issues

8.9% of this theme group

Studies demonstrate thrust vectoring methods and validate instability damping calculations.

Thrust (21) · Nozzle (12) · Specific impulse (8) · Rocket (16)

Demonstration of Thrust Vector Control by Hydrogen Peroxide Injection in Hybrid Rockets

Validation of Transverse Instability Damping Computations for Rocket Engines

Combined‑Cycle Propulsion Integration Risks

6.4% of this theme group

Research evaluates performance and suction predictions for rocket‑ramjet combined cycles and ejector jets.

Ramjet (6) · Scramjet (5) · Propulsion (8) · Combustor (5)

Performance of a Rocket-Ramjet Combined-Cycle Engine Model in Ejector Mode Operation

Analytical Method for Prediction of Suction Performance of Ejector-Jet

Advanced Hybrid Rocket Development

19.9% of this theme group

Works explore novel hybrid engine designs and reliability‑driven development frameworks.

Rocket (531) · Rocket engine (456) · Aerospace engineering (301) · Thrust (167)

Characterization of Advanced Hybrid Rocket Engines

Demonstration of a Reliability-Driven Framework for Rocket Engine Development, Test, and Verification

Launch Vehicle Control System Innovation

19.3% of this theme group

Papers present analysis, design, and simulation of flight control for flexible launch vehicles.

Launch vehicle (503) · Trajectory (116) · Aerospace engineering (275) · Control theory (88)

Analysis and Design of Launch Vehicle Flight Control Systems

Dynamic Modeling and Flight Control Simulation of a Large Flexible Launch Vehicle

Spacecraft Integration and Mission Flexibility

17.0% of this theme group

Research highlights progress in spacecraft and spacecraft configurations for versatile launch missions.

Mission Hardware (204) · Space launch (190) · Satellite (113) · Spacecraft (134)

Space Launch System Spacecraft and Mission Hardware Elements: Making Progress Toward First Launch

NASA's Space Launch System: One Vehicle, Many Destinations

Liquid‑Propellant Engine Design Advances

14.1% of this theme group

Studies focus on design methods and predictive modeling for high‑performance liquid rockets.

Liquid-propellant rocket (383) · Propellant (264) · Rocket engine (289) · Rocket (274)

Design of liquid-propellant rocket engines

Mathematical modeling and numerical simulations for performance prediction in case of a liquid propelled rocket engine

Regenerative Cooling and Heat Transfer Innovation

11.4% of this theme group

Papers propose new modeling approaches for cooling channels in liquid rocket engines.

Combustion chamber (157) · Heat transfer (86) · Rocket engine (243) · Combustion (130)

A novel heat transfer modeling methodology for regenerative cooling in liquid propellant rocket engines

Development of a mathematical model for the cooling channel of a liquid propellant rocket engine’s chamber with respect for variations in co

High‑Impulse Propulsion Concepts

10.1% of this theme group

Research investigates turbojet, pulse detonation, and other high‑specific‑impulse propulsion technologies.

Propulsion (72) · Propellant (88) · Specific impulse (42) · Very-long-baseline interferometry (11)

Mathematical modeling and numerical simulations for performance prediction in case of the Turbojet engine

Thrust Performance and Heat Load Modelling of Pulse Detonation Engines

Rocket Nozzle Computational Design

8.2% of this theme group

Works apply CFD to diverse nozzle geometries and multi‑inlet combustion chamber configurations.

Nozzle (296) · Rocket engine nozzle (94) · Rocket (146) · Rocket engine (133)

Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Various Types of Rocket Engine Nozzles

Numerical investigation on performance of convergent–divergent nozzle with multi‐inlet combustion chamber of a rocket engine

Shenzhen

31.7% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $452.6M disclosed funding

Beijing

23.0% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $3.4B disclosed funding

Hong Kong

13.9% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $86.2M disclosed funding

Shanghai

8.7% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $760.5M disclosed funding

Haidian

8.4% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $69.2M disclosed funding

Chengdu

5.2% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $2.8M disclosed funding

Guangzhou

4.5% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $227.0M disclosed funding

Xi An

4.5% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $67.0M disclosed funding