The compact, liquid-fuelled ramjet engine uses a novel combustion technology called rotating detonation that offers significantly improved efficiency for high-speed flight at Mach 5 and beyond.

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess ...

Rotating detonation engine could be up to 25% more efficient than traditional jet engines. This could make airplanes and missile faster or with longer range. Smaller weapons could reach the same ...

On January 14, GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin revealed the results of a new ...

Rotating detonation engines In 2020, we saw the first of an "impossible" new breed of rotating detonation engines (RDEs) fire up on a test bench. These machines leave the slow, controllable world of ...

They're noisy, but your next missile or military vehicle might have an RDE (rotating detonation engine) powerplant in it. RDEs are more fuel-efficient, lighter, easier to maintain, and capable of ...

For years, the United States has trailed behind Russia and China in hypersonic weapons. A new engine prototype by Lockheed ...

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Venus Aerospace's rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE). Houston, Texas-based Venus Aerospace, a hypersonics pioneer aimed at developing reusable hypersonic flight platforms, recently achieved one ...

The rotary engine has been absent on the frontline for quite some time, and it's on the way back. But not with Mazda.

A series of tests have demonstrated the viability of a liquid-fueled rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles, ...

GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin complete missile-scale rotating detonation ramjet tests, targeting longer-range and more ...