Astrum Drive Technologies Selected for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that Astrum Drive Technologies has been selected for TechCrunch’s 2025 Startup Battlefield 200—chosen from thousands of global applicants as one of the most ambitious and innovative startups in the world. This is where visibility meets momentum, and we’re honored to be on the list that VCs, corporates, founders, and the global tech community watch to discover what’s next.
As part of the SB200, we’ll be featured at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco—the most iconic stage in tech. With past Battlefield alumni like Dropbox, Cloudflare, Mint, and Trello, it’s inspiring to join such company—especially in TechCrunch’s 20th anniversary year, set to be the biggest and boldest Disrupt yet. We can’t wait to share what’s next and connect with the community.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/the-2025-startup-battlefield-200-is-here-see-who-made-the-cut/
Astrum Drive Technologies Wins Power of People Innovation Award at SpaceTank 2025!
We’re incredibly proud to announce that Astrum Drive Technologies has been awarded the Power of People Innovation Award at SpaceTank 2025 during Space Tech Expo! This award recognizes our propellantless propulsion system as a game-changing technology voted most impactful by industry leaders, investors, and fellow innovators.
Thank you to the SpaceTank organizers, judges, and everyone who believes in our mission to revolutionize space exploration. This recognition fuels our passion to push boundaries and bring sustainable, scalable propulsion to the next generation of spacecraft.
Congratulations to all the amazing startups who shared the stage. The future of space is brighter than ever!
Exciting News!
Astrum Drive Technologies, a pioneer in propellantless space propulsion, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Space Ocean Corp, a leader in orbital fluid logistics and deep-space infrastructure. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the commercial demonstration of Astrum’s revolutionary propulsion system—technology that eliminates the need for conventional fuel in spaceflight.
“This partnership accelerates our path to full orbital validation,” said Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev, CEO of Astrum Drive. “We’re thrilled to work with Space Ocean to bring our fuel-free propulsion system into space, where it can dramatically reduce costs, extend satellite lifespans, and open new frontiers for maneuvering and servicing missions.”
More Exciting News!
Astrum Drive Technologies has been featured by SpaceVerse, one of the world’s largest and most influential space YouTube channels. We’re honored to share our breakthrough propellantless propulsion technology with their amazing community of space enthusiasts.
A big thank you to the SpaceVerse team for helping us amplify our vision for the future of space mobility!
Latest News:
05/19/2025 Company Update:
Astrum Drive Named One of the Top 10 Space Mining Startups to Watch
We are proud to share that Astrum Drive Technologies has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Space Mining Startups to Watch by StartUs Insights — a leading platform tracking innovation across industries.
This recognition highlights our commitment to revolutionizing space propulsion and enabling the future of off-Earth resource utilization. As we develop next-generation propulsion systems designed to operate without onboard fuel, we aim to unlock the full potential of long-duration space missions, asteroid mining, and deep-space exploration.
We’re honored to be featured alongside other visionary companies shaping the future of space mining.
Read the full article here: StartUs Insights – Top 10 Space Mining Companies
Thank you to our supporters, partners, and team members who help make this vision a reality. The journey has just begun..
04/07/2025 Company Update:
Astrum Drive Technologies Selected as One of the Five Innovative Space Startups to Present at Space Tank 2025 at Space Tech Expo:
Astrum Drive Technologies is proud to announce that we have been chosen as one of the top five pioneering space startups invited to present at the prestigious Space Tank pitch event during Space Tech Expo 2025. This premier industry event recognizes groundbreaking startups poised to revolutionize the aerospace sector.
Space Tank brings together leading investors, industry experts, and visionary startups to showcase transformative aerospace technologies. Selected from numerous global applicants, Astrum Drive Technologies earned a coveted spot to highlight our revolutionary propellantless propulsion system—an innovation poised to redefine the future of space exploration and satellite operations.
“We’re honored to have our technology and vision recognized at Space Tank,” said Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev, CEO of Astrum Drive Technologies. “This selection reinforces the industry’s confidence in our solution, and we are excited to present our game-changing approach to propulsion technology in front of a distinguished audience.”
Join us at Space Tech Expo 2025 as we present our innovative technology and outline how Astrum Drive is shaping a sustainable, efficient, and expansive future in space:
01/21/2025 Company Update:
We are thrilled to announce that Astrum Drive Technologies will be presenting at SpaceCom 2025, the largest space industry conference in the United States! The event will take place on January 30, 2025, at 14:30 in beautiful Orlando, Florida:
01/16/2025 Company Update:
Astrum Drive Technologies proudly establishes its European Headquarters in Turin, Italy – Astrum Drive Technologies Europe Srl – reinforcing our independence and operational expansion in the region. This milestone strengthens our R&D in propellantless propulsion technology, enhances access to key aerospace markets, and lays the foundation for a fully operational presence in Europe.
A defining moment: The new CEO of Astrum Drive Technologies Europe, Roberto Valla, signs the documents.
01/11/2025 Company Update:
We were invited to NASA to talk about our propellantless space propulsion system and warp drive research.
The panel starts at 3:00 PM On line and Building 3 Auditorium
12/30/2024 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
During this experiment, we achieved a constant thrust of approximately 50 mN using about 300 W of electricity, with no exhaust other than heat. It takes about 3 minutes for the system to heat up and reach full thrust.
The video intentionally does not show the full size of the propulsion system, as viewing it requires an NDA.
12/30/2024 Warp Drive Update:
We derived an analytic solution requiring only positive energy densities and pressures, attainable under laboratory conditions and consistent with all known energy constraints, effectively providing a practical prescription for realizing warp bubbles. So in short we have the recipe for how to make warp bubbles in a lab. In this configuration, the energy density, pressure, and shaping function remain positive and experimentally controllable, ensuring the fulfillment of all energy conditions. We can realize these conditions employing two counter-rotating electromagnetic fields that satisfy both the Einstein field equations and Maxwell’s equations; at specific frequencies and energy densities, these fields induce a stable warp-bubble configuration. These results constitute exceptional progress in the field!
Above is 3D diagram of the magnetic field lines arranged radially, indicating how they support the necessary pressures inside the warp bubble.
10/03/2024 Company Update:
For the third year in a row, we have been invited to SpaceCom 2025, the largest space conference in the U.S., to discuss our propellantless space propulsion and warp drives research. The conference will take place on January 29-30, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.
09/30/2024 Project Pegasus Update:
Our cutting-edge research leverages the Zel’dovich effect for electromagnetic wave amplification using a multi-stage system with rotating metallic components. By utilizing high-speed rotations, superconducting magnets, and a multi-stage amplification approach, we have designed a system capable of amplifying magnetic fields by orders of magnitude. This breakthrough allows us to achieve unprecedented magnetic field strengths, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with current technologies.
06/30/2024 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We entered into multiple partnerships with esteemed universities and satellite providers to test and integrate our propellantless propulsion system. For example, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the Technical University of Sofia, EnduroSat, KMI, and several others.
04/26/2024 Warp Drive Update
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6382/ad3ed9
We published “Spherical warp-based bubble with non–trivial lapse function and its consequences on matter content” in Classical and Quantum Gravity. This research is an important step toward building a functional warp drive, Classical and Quantum Gravity is one of the most important journals in the field, to publish there we went trough 9 months rigorous peer review by 3 of the best experts in the field.
03/31/2024 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
The prototype was placed on a sensitive scale, where we observed an increase in mass due to a downward thrust of 4 mN, as demonstrated in the video. Currently, we have achieved a thrust of 20 mN. The force is constant, which indicates there is no mass loss; we conducted tests lasting over 60 minutes. This represents a significant force for space applications. For instance, with a constant acceleration of 0.1 N, a 100 kg probe could reach Mars in 120 days.
03/29/2024 WarpDrive Update :
Astrum Drive Technologies Warp Drive Research Past, Present, and Future Directions:
https://astrumdrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Astrum-Drive-Technologies-Warp-Drive-Research_03312024.pdf
01/05/2024 Company Update:
We have been invited to participate in the NASA SBIR Ignite Catalyst on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at SpaceCom 2024. The event will be held at the Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819.
12/10/2023 Company Update:
We have been invited to give a talk about our propellantless space propulsion at the Space Suppliers Summit in Glasgow. There, we will also have an exhibition table. Details are as follows:
Tue, Feb 6, 9 AM – Wed, Feb 7, 5 PM GMT
University of Strathclyde,The Technology and Innovation Centre
99 George St, Glasgow, United Kingdom
11/30/2023 Company Update:
We have been invited to participate as speakers at SpaceCom 2024, which is the largest space conference in the US, to give a talk about our propellantless space propulsion. Details are as follows:
Propulsion Enabling On-Orbit Servicing
Wed, Jan 31, 1:45pm – 2:45pm | W331A
Track: SpaceCom | Space Congress: Space Exploration
ORLANDO, FL USA | Orange County Convention Center
10/03/2023 Company Update:
We received funding from the National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant in partnership with The Morningbird Foundation to test our warp-drive framework in a lab.
We were able to integrate the spherical warp-drive metric, electromagnetic fields, rotation, heat fluxes, radial and tangential pressures, anisotropies, and null fields into a unified framework with the aim of designing and conducting laboratory experiments to manipulate space-time.
9/19/2023 Company Update:
Our company and research have been recognized and indexed by Nature journal:
8/18/2023 Company Update:
We are proud to announce that we have entered into a partnership/collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. You can find the list of all organizations we are collaborating with here:
6/29/2023 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We achieved a significant breakthrough with the propellantless space propulsion, with our latest prototype we are able to create a stable thrust force of ~5 millinewtons with about 700W of power, with no fuel & no exhaust, just electricity. 5 millinewtons is more than many satellites need to maintain orbit, below is a photo of the engineering team to memorize the moment.
6/28/2023 Company Update:
We were invited to participate in WebIt, one of the biggest start-up conferences in Europe to talk about our space technologies, here is the video:
4/18/2023 Company Update:
We made a significant breakthrough in the Warp Drives. We showed that it is not required to have negative energy to create a functional warp drive. Here is the article in “General Relativity and Gravitation”, one of the most reputable Physics journals in the world:
Warp Dives – revisiting the problem of negative energy
2/22/2023 Company Update:
We are invited to participate in SpaceCom 2023, this is the biggest space conference in US, details below:
Panel Title: Deep Space Propulsion
Speaker & Chairman: Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev, Astrum Drive Technologies
Date: Wednesday, February 22nd
Time: Panel 4 (3:30-4:30PM)
Location: Room W222A
1/13/2023 WarpDrive Update:
We received a US patent for our Warp Drive propulsion.
We were able to integrate the spherical warp-drive metric, electromagnetic fields, rotation, heat fluxes, radial and tangential pressures, anisotropies, and null fields into a unified framework with the aim of designing and conducting laboratory experiments to manipulate space-time.
This research is consistent with the general relativity and will be published in top-tier physics journals.
1/12/2023 WarpDrive Update:
We developed a new warp-drive metric with many favorable symmetries, details below.
Following in part the reasoning by Alcubierre’s original work and the introduction of physical warp drives made by Bobrick, we introduce a spacetime warp metric that rather uses and keeps spherical symmetry explicitly. In this way we write the Einstein equations using a perfect fluid and an anisotropic fluid with cosmological constant as test matter source.
Analyzing the energy conditions for both cases, we find that each of these cases are flexible enough to allow them to partially satisfy the energy conditions.
We also find that when the warp bubble shape function is time-independent, the metric admits a time-like Killing vector and all the energy conditions are satisfied except for the strong energy condition. Moreover, in the time-independent case a barotropic equation of state known from cosmological models naturally arises.
We published an article describing the new warp-metric in top tier (Q1) physics journal:
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11091-5
12/31/2022 Company Update:
Our website reached 3000+ unique visitors in December.
12/10/2022 Company Update:
We participated in TC Sessions: Space 2022 in Los Angeles, we met and discussed with the US Space Force how to utilize our propulsion technology on military satellites, more to follow on the topic.
11/17/2022 Company Update:
Our YouTube Channel where we post updates on our WarpDrive research reached 1500 subscribers:
https://www.youtube.com/AstrumDriveTechnologies
We temporarily disabled some of the videos until we publish & patent the next phase of our warp drive research.
9/30/2022 Company Update:
We got invited to participate in SpaceCom 2023 where we got featured among their top 10 speakers.
9/27/2022 WarpDrive Update:
Many problems have to be solved in order to achieve a viable warp drive. One of the best known is the problem of negative energy density but the search for sources of this type of energy didn’t bear any results. Our approach is to explore new families of metrics, solutions and regions that require positive energy densities.
The current warp-drive models, mostly based on Alcubierre’s 1994 proposal, are based on simple assumptions, contain no natural symmetries and are expressed using the simplest matter-energy configurations – this makes them impractical and difficult to work with. This is why we are adding new ingredients to the warp drive equations and looking for mechanisms that can be tested in analogous gravity and eventually in a laboratory.
What are these ingredients? They basically fall into two groups:
– Metrics with specific advantageous symmetries
– Complex matter and thermodynamic relations
We already have new metric proposals and some very interesting results. We are currently preparing several papers in prestigious peer-reviewed physics journals. Once published, we will post them here.
9/1/2022 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We completed the first working prototype of the electrical propellantless space propulsion system.
Currently working on the second iteration to increase the amount of force it generates.
6/07/2022 Company Update:
We got featured in Forbes 6/2022 in a 3 pages article.
4/30/2022 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We received US patent for our electrical propellantless propulsion
4/11/2022 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We finally achieved a stable process for our electrical propellantless propulsion.
Astrum Drive Technologies Selected for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that Astrum Drive Technologies has been selected for TechCrunch’s 2025 Startup Battlefield 200—chosen from thousands of global applicants as one of the most ambitious and innovative startups in the world. This is where visibility meets momentum, and we’re honored to be on the list that VCs, corporates, founders, and the global tech community watch to discover what’s next.
As part of the SB200, we’ll be featured at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco—the most iconic stage in tech. With past Battlefield alumni like Dropbox, Cloudflare, Mint, and Trello, it’s inspiring to join such company—especially in TechCrunch’s 20th anniversary year, set to be the biggest and boldest Disrupt yet. We can’t wait to share what’s next and connect with the community.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/the-2025-startup-battlefield-200-is-here-see-who-made-the-cut/
Astrum Drive Technologies Wins Power of People Innovation Award at SpaceTank 2025!
We’re incredibly proud to announce that Astrum Drive Technologies has been awarded the Power of People Innovation Award at SpaceTank 2025 during Space Tech Expo! This award recognizes our propellantless propulsion system as a game-changing technology voted most impactful by industry leaders, investors, and fellow innovators.
Thank you to the SpaceTank organizers, judges, and everyone who believes in our mission to revolutionize space exploration. This recognition fuels our passion to push boundaries and bring sustainable, scalable propulsion to the next generation of spacecraft.
Congratulations to all the amazing startups who shared the stage. The future of space is brighter than ever!
Exciting News!
Astrum Drive Technologies, a pioneer in propellantless space propulsion, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Space Ocean Corp, a leader in orbital fluid logistics and deep-space infrastructure. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the commercial demonstration of Astrum’s revolutionary propulsion system—technology that eliminates the need for conventional fuel in spaceflight.
“This partnership accelerates our path to full orbital validation,” said Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev, CEO of Astrum Drive. “We’re thrilled to work with Space Ocean to bring our fuel-free propulsion system into space, where it can dramatically reduce costs, extend satellite lifespans, and open new frontiers for maneuvering and servicing missions.”
More Exciting News!
Astrum Drive Technologies has been featured by SpaceVerse, one of the world’s largest and most influential space YouTube channels. We’re honored to share our breakthrough propellantless propulsion technology with their amazing community of space enthusiasts.
A big thank you to the SpaceVerse team for helping us amplify our vision for the future of space mobility!
Latest News:
05/19/2025 Company Update:
Astrum Drive Named One of the Top 10 Space Mining Startups to Watch
We are proud to share that Astrum Drive Technologies has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Space Mining Startups to Watch by StartUs Insights — a leading platform tracking innovation across industries.
This recognition highlights our commitment to revolutionizing space propulsion and enabling the future of off-Earth resource utilization. As we develop next-generation propulsion systems designed to operate without onboard fuel, we aim to unlock the full potential of long-duration space missions, asteroid mining, and deep-space exploration.
We’re honored to be featured alongside other visionary companies shaping the future of space mining.
Read the full article here: StartUs Insights – Top 10 Space Mining Companies
Thank you to our supporters, partners, and team members who help make this vision a reality. The journey has just begun..
04/07/2025 Company Update:
Astrum Drive Technologies Selected as One of the Five Innovative Space Startups to Present at Space Tank 2025 at Space Tech Expo:
Astrum Drive Technologies is proud to announce that we have been chosen as one of the top five pioneering space startups invited to present at the prestigious Space Tank pitch event during Space Tech Expo 2025. This premier industry event recognizes groundbreaking startups poised to revolutionize the aerospace sector.
Space Tank brings together leading investors, industry experts, and visionary startups to showcase transformative aerospace technologies. Selected from numerous global applicants, Astrum Drive Technologies earned a coveted spot to highlight our revolutionary propellantless propulsion system—an innovation poised to redefine the future of space exploration and satellite operations.
“We’re honored to have our technology and vision recognized at Space Tank,” said Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev, CEO of Astrum Drive Technologies. “This selection reinforces the industry’s confidence in our solution, and we are excited to present our game-changing approach to propulsion technology in front of a distinguished audience.”
Join us at Space Tech Expo 2025 as we present our innovative technology and outline how Astrum Drive is shaping a sustainable, efficient, and expansive future in space:
01/21/2025 Company Update:
We are thrilled to announce that Astrum Drive Technologies will be presenting at SpaceCom 2025, the largest space industry conference in the United States! The event will take place on January 30, 2025, at 14:30 in beautiful Orlando, Florida:
01/16/2025 Company Update:
Astrum Drive Technologies proudly establishes its European Headquarters in Turin, Italy – Astrum Drive Technologies Europe Srl – reinforcing our independence and operational expansion in the region. This milestone strengthens our R&D in propellantless propulsion technology, enhances access to key aerospace markets, and lays the foundation for a fully operational presence in Europe.
A defining moment: The new CEO of Astrum Drive Technologies Europe, Roberto Valla, signs the documents.
01/11/2025 Company Update:
We were invited to NASA to talk about our propellantless space propulsion system and warp drive research.
The panel starts at 3:00 PM On line and Building 3 Auditorium
12/30/2024 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
During this experiment, we achieved a constant thrust of approximately 50 mN using about 300 W of electricity, with no exhaust other than heat. It takes about 3 minutes for the system to heat up and reach full thrust.
The video intentionally does not show the full size of the propulsion system, as viewing it requires an NDA.
12/30/2024 Warp Drive Update:
We derived an analytic solution requiring only positive energy densities and pressures, attainable under laboratory conditions and consistent with all known energy constraints, effectively providing a practical prescription for realizing warp bubbles. So in short we have the recipe for how to make warp bubbles in a lab. In this configuration, the energy density, pressure, and shaping function remain positive and experimentally controllable, ensuring the fulfillment of all energy conditions. We can realize these conditions employing two counter-rotating electromagnetic fields that satisfy both the Einstein field equations and Maxwell’s equations; at specific frequencies and energy densities, these fields induce a stable warp-bubble configuration. These results constitute exceptional progress in the field!
Above is 3D diagram of the magnetic field lines arranged radially, indicating how they support the necessary pressures inside the warp bubble.
10/03/2024 Company Update:
For the third year in a row, we have been invited to SpaceCom 2025, the largest space conference in the U.S., to discuss our propellantless space propulsion and warp drives research. The conference will take place on January 29-30, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.
09/30/2024 Project Pegasus Update:
Our cutting-edge research leverages the Zel’dovich effect for electromagnetic wave amplification using a multi-stage system with rotating metallic components. By utilizing high-speed rotations, superconducting magnets, and a multi-stage amplification approach, we have designed a system capable of amplifying magnetic fields by orders of magnitude. This breakthrough allows us to achieve unprecedented magnetic field strengths, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with current technologies.
06/30/2024 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We entered into multiple partnerships with esteemed universities and satellite providers to test and integrate our propellantless propulsion system. For example, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the Technical University of Sofia, EnduroSat, KMI, and several others.
04/26/2024 Warp Drive Update
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6382/ad3ed9
We published “Spherical warp-based bubble with non–trivial lapse function and its consequences on matter content” in Classical and Quantum Gravity. This research is an important step toward building a functional warp drive, Classical and Quantum Gravity is one of the most important journals in the field, to publish there we went trough 9 months rigorous peer review by 3 of the best experts in the field.
03/31/2024 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
The prototype was placed on a sensitive scale, where we observed an increase in mass due to a downward thrust of 4 mN, as demonstrated in the video. Currently, we have achieved a thrust of 20 mN. The force is constant, which indicates there is no mass loss; we conducted tests lasting over 60 minutes. This represents a significant force for space applications. For instance, with a constant acceleration of 0.1 N, a 100 kg probe could reach Mars in 120 days.
03/29/2024 WarpDrive Update :
Astrum Drive Technologies Warp Drive Research Past, Present, and Future Directions:
https://astrumdrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Astrum-Drive-Technologies-Warp-Drive-Research_03312024.pdf
01/05/2024 Company Update:
We have been invited to participate in the NASA SBIR Ignite Catalyst on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at SpaceCom 2024. The event will be held at the Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819.
12/10/2023 Company Update:
We have been invited to give a talk about our propellantless space propulsion at the Space Suppliers Summit in Glasgow. There, we will also have an exhibition table. Details are as follows:
Tue, Feb 6, 9 AM – Wed, Feb 7, 5 PM GMT
University of Strathclyde,The Technology and Innovation Centre
99 George St, Glasgow, United Kingdom
11/30/2023 Company Update:
We have been invited to participate as speakers at SpaceCom 2024, which is the largest space conference in the US, to give a talk about our propellantless space propulsion. Details are as follows:
Propulsion Enabling On-Orbit Servicing
Wed, Jan 31, 1:45pm – 2:45pm | W331A
Track: SpaceCom | Space Congress: Space Exploration
ORLANDO, FL USA | Orange County Convention Center
10/03/2023 Company Update:
We received funding from the National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant in partnership with The Morningbird Foundation to test our warp-drive framework in a lab.
We were able to integrate the spherical warp-drive metric, electromagnetic fields, rotation, heat fluxes, radial and tangential pressures, anisotropies, and null fields into a unified framework with the aim of designing and conducting laboratory experiments to manipulate space-time.
9/19/2023 Company Update:
Our company and research have been recognized and indexed by Nature journal:
8/18/2023 Company Update:
We are proud to announce that we have entered into a partnership/collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. You can find the list of all organizations we are collaborating with here:
6/29/2023 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We achieved a significant breakthrough with the propellantless space propulsion, with our latest prototype we are able to create a stable thrust force of ~5 millinewtons with about 700W of power, with no fuel & no exhaust, just electricity. 5 millinewtons is more than many satellites need to maintain orbit, below is a photo of the engineering team to memorize the moment.
6/28/2023 Company Update:
We were invited to participate in WebIt, one of the biggest start-up conferences in Europe to talk about our space technologies, here is the video:
4/18/2023 Company Update:
We made a significant breakthrough in the Warp Drives. We showed that it is not required to have negative energy to create a functional warp drive. Here is the article in “General Relativity and Gravitation”, one of the most reputable Physics journals in the world:
Warp Dives – revisiting the problem of negative energy
2/22/2023 Company Update:
We are invited to participate in SpaceCom 2023, this is the biggest space conference in US, details below:
Panel Title: Deep Space Propulsion
Speaker & Chairman: Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev, Astrum Drive Technologies
Date: Wednesday, February 22nd
Time: Panel 4 (3:30-4:30PM)
Location: Room W222A
1/13/2023 WarpDrive Update:
We received a US patent for our Warp Drive propulsion.
We were able to integrate the spherical warp-drive metric, electromagnetic fields, rotation, heat fluxes, radial and tangential pressures, anisotropies, and null fields into a unified framework with the aim of designing and conducting laboratory experiments to manipulate space-time.
This research is consistent with the general relativity and will be published in top-tier physics journals.
1/12/2023 WarpDrive Update:
We developed a new warp-drive metric with many favorable symmetries, details below.
Following in part the reasoning by Alcubierre’s original work and the introduction of physical warp drives made by Bobrick, we introduce a spacetime warp metric that rather uses and keeps spherical symmetry explicitly. In this way we write the Einstein equations using a perfect fluid and an anisotropic fluid with cosmological constant as test matter source.
Analyzing the energy conditions for both cases, we find that each of these cases are flexible enough to allow them to partially satisfy the energy conditions.
We also find that when the warp bubble shape function is time-independent, the metric admits a time-like Killing vector and all the energy conditions are satisfied except for the strong energy condition. Moreover, in the time-independent case a barotropic equation of state known from cosmological models naturally arises.
We published an article describing the new warp-metric in top tier (Q1) physics journal:
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11091-5
12/31/2022 Company Update:
Our website reached 3000+ unique visitors in December.
12/10/2022 Company Update:
We participated in TC Sessions: Space 2022 in Los Angeles, we met and discussed with the US Space Force how to utilize our propulsion technology on military satellites, more to follow on the topic.
11/17/2022 Company Update:
Our YouTube Channel where we post updates on our WarpDrive research reached 1500 subscribers:
https://www.youtube.com/AstrumDriveTechnologies
We temporarily disabled some of the videos until we publish & patent the next phase of our warp drive research.
9/30/2022 Company Update:
We got invited to participate in SpaceCom 2023 where we got featured among their top 10 speakers.
9/27/2022 WarpDrive Update:
Many problems have to be solved in order to achieve a viable warp drive. One of the best known is the problem of negative energy density but the search for sources of this type of energy didn’t bear any results. Our approach is to explore new families of metrics, solutions and regions that require positive energy densities.
The current warp-drive models, mostly based on Alcubierre’s 1994 proposal, are based on simple assumptions, contain no natural symmetries and are expressed using the simplest matter-energy configurations – this makes them impractical and difficult to work with. This is why we are adding new ingredients to the warp drive equations and looking for mechanisms that can be tested in analogous gravity and eventually in a laboratory.
What are these ingredients? They basically fall into two groups:
– Metrics with specific advantageous symmetries
– Complex matter and thermodynamic relations
We already have new metric proposals and some very interesting results. We are currently preparing several papers in prestigious peer-reviewed physics journals. Once published, we will post them here.
9/1/2022 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We completed the first working prototype of the electrical propellantless space propulsion system.
Currently working on the second iteration to increase the amount of force it generates.
6/07/2022 Company Update:
We got featured in Forbes 6/2022 in a 3 pages article.
4/30/2022 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We received US patent for our electrical propellantless propulsion
4/11/2022 Propellantless Space Propulsion Update:
We finally achieved a stable process for our electrical propellantless propulsion.
In Astrum Drive Technologies we are driven to reach the stars. Our motto is:
Ego aut viam inveniam aut faciam ad astra – To the stars, I will either find a way or make one.
You can watch us on Youtube or support us on Patreon
