Technology Innovation Institute
Applied-research institute under Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) developing homegrown UAE space-propulsion capability. In February 2026 it launched the UAE's first sounding rocket with a fully UAE-designed hybrid propulsion system, and it has test-fired the UAE's first liquid rocket engine (a 250-newton thruster), advancing national sovereign space capability.
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Hybrid sounding rocket
operationalUAE's first sounding rocket with a fully UAE-designed hybrid propulsion system (nitrous oxide + HDPE), which reached ~3 km altitude on its test flight.
Since 2026
250 N liquid rocket thruster
developmentUAE's first domestically designed liquid rocket engine; achieved combustion efficiencies up to 94% across 50+ firings.
Key Challenges
Scaling experimental propulsion to operational, larger-thrust flight systems.Building a sovereign UAE propulsion supply chain and test infrastructure.
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Fire UAE's first liquid rocket engine (250 N thruster)2025
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Launch UAE's first hybrid-propulsion sounding rocket2026-02
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