The Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) is based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Our team of experienced engineers has been developing cutting edge aerospace technologies since 2009. ASRI focuses on the design, manufacture and testing of aerospace propulsion and flight systems, including rocket engines, turbomachinery, suborbital and orbital launch vehicles, green propellants, on-orbit thrusters for satellite applications, ground support equipment, launch control software, flight trajectory simulation software and static engine test facilities. We have built and tested numerous research rocket engines and motors, and have flown several suborbital rockets.

Another key focus of the institute is the development of advanced human capital, which it achieves by augmenting the education of undergraduate engineering students and by upskilling young graduate engineers with specialist skills in aerospace technology. Our graduates are sought after by companies in the international aerospace sector and have put their skills to work in world-class organizations such as Dyson, CERN, Dawn Aerospace, Orbex, the Technology Innovation Institute and PWR Advanced Cooling.