DARPA Charge Harmony
JivaJet’s HyABPT innovation inspired DARPA’s Charge Harmony program — a challenge to generate more than 1N of thrust against drag in the near-space regime.
Media
Field notes, talks, and milestones.
Recent work and advancements from JivaJet and the wider field of plasma propulsion for the lowest orbits.
Press coverage
JivaJet in the news.
Selected coverage of JivaJet and the air-breathing plasma propulsion work behind it — most recent first.
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Exhibitions & events
JivaJet out in the field.
From AIAA SciTech to spaceNEXT and SatShow — the team presenting air-breathing plasma propulsion in person.
Talks & appearances
JivaJet on stage.
Our founders and researchers share JivaJet’s work on plasma propulsion and Ultra-VLEO at leading space and science forums.
Plasma Power: Pushing Boundaries for Earth and Mars — H2M2 2025 Lightning Talk
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spaceNEXT 2026 — Surviving & Thriving in Ultra VLEO (JivaJet)
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Milestones & recognition
Advancing the field.
Program validation and recognition that mark JivaJet’s progress in air-breathing plasma propulsion.
National Academy of Inventors
JivaJet founders Dr. Anmol Taploo and Dr. Vikas Soni recognized at the National Academy of Inventors.
NVC New Venture Competition
1st Prize Winner at the GWU New Venture Competition, 2024.
Recent publications
Where the science is moving.
Selected peer-reviewed work driving air-breathing and electric propulsion forward.
Jan 2026Towards high-thrust-to-power hypersonic air-breathing electric propulsion↗
Science Adv.Demonstration of electric micropropulsion multimodality↗
Nature Comm.Electric propulsion systems based on smart nano-materials↗
NatureComment: explore space using swarms of tiny satellites↗
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Latest in the field Live
What’s moving in low-orbit propulsion.
Headlines on VLEO, air-breathing, and plasma propulsion — automatically aggregated and refreshed every hour.
Kreios Space to Demo Air-breathing Electric Propulsion in VLEO With NanoAvionics
Kreios Space Selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics for Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion VLEO Mission
Kreios Space Plans Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion Demo
Kreios Space selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics for first-ever air-breathing electric propulsion satellite, bound for VLEO
Kreios Space to Fly First Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion Engine in Very Low Earth Orbit
The quest and opportunities for air-breathing propulsion
Bellatrix and TelePIX plan 2028 air-breathing VLEO imaging demonstration
Bellatrix Aerospace Tapped to Build Korean VLEO Demo Sat
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VLEO momentum growing
The orbit everyone’s racing to.
A hand-picked timeline of capital, government programs, and commercial bets converging on Very Low Earth Orbit and air-breathing propulsion — the frontier JivaJet is built for.
Spanish startup Kreios Space wins $9M to develop Very Low Earth Orbit satellite tech
Redwire lands $44 million DARPA award to build air-breathing satellite
EDA commits to new VLEO military research project
SpaceTech startup Univity raises €27 million to position Europe as a key player in global hybrid connectivity
Bellatrix Aerospace tapped to build Korean VLEO demo sat
NewOrbit raises $18.5M to build VLEO spacecraft at scale
China establishes VLEO industry alliance as satellites demonstrate sustained low-orbit operations
SpaceX wants 100,000 satellites in VLEO, making it the default orbit for the space industry
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The mission, explained
Why the lowest orbits — and air-breathing plasma.
Independent explainers on air-breathing electric propulsion and Very Low Earth Orbit — the technology and opportunity JivaJet is built around. Embedded from their creators on YouTube.
Air-breathing electric propulsion: the enabler of Very Low Earth Orbits
Altair Academy
Air-breathing ion thrusters & low-orbit satellites
Scott Manley
Testing a next-generation electric thruster
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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In the field
Follow the wider conversation.
Journals and communities shaping electric and air-breathing propulsion.