A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...

A US-based propulsion company, Venus Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket engine at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company’s chief ...

Venus Aerospace, making hypersonic flight a reality for commercial and defense purposes, has achieved the first long-duration engine test of their Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) in ...

GE Aerospace is advancing hypersonic flight with plans to scale up its dual-mode ramjet technology in 2025. To create a full propulsion system, engineers will improve sophisticated controls and use ...

Supersonic travel is moving closer to reality, after a successful test by a Texas startup that could one day fly passengers from New York to Paris in just 55 minutes. Venus Aerospace completed the ...

Venus Aerospace has not publicly released detailed specific impulse (ISP) data for their Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) or the VDR2 (a rocket-based combined cycle engine integrating RDRE ...

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests. The work, which was completed with the ...

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Aerospace unveiled the Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine, also known as "VDR2", at Up.Summit, marking a major breakthrough in high ...

NASA has contracted Momentus to use its Vigoride orbital service vehicle as a testbed to demonstrate a rotating detonation rocket engine in space in 2026. The rotating detonation rocket engine is ...

Researchers in China have introduced a new hypersonic engine concept by integrating a ramjet with a rotary detonation engine. A team at Tsinghua University in Beijing created a new design known as the ...

Chinese "Space Transportation" company, Lingkong Tianxing Technology, has successfully tested its new JinDou400, also known as JinDouyun, ramjet detonation engine nearly twice the altitude of ...

(Left) Terrence Meyer, professor of mechanical engineering, uses laser diagnostics to measure solid fuels’ gas compositions after burning. (Right) Steven Son, the Alfred J. McAllister Professor of ...