The U.S. Air Force is seeking proposals to develop and flight-test a combined-cycle rotating ...

Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based startup developing hypersonic propulsion technology, completed what it calls the first U.S. flight test of a next-generation rotating detonation rocket engine on May ...

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 ...

There probably never was a better time for rocket engine fans to be alive. It's a time when those who have the means can go out and start building the rocket engine of their dreams, while the rest can ...

Venus Aerospace is advancing its rotating detonation rocket engine, a propulsion technology designed to improve efficiency for future hypersonic and space vehicles. Venus Aerospace is advancing ...

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If we really are to fulfill all our dreams of expanding our reach into the solar system, we definitely must come up with new rocket engine technologies for our spaceships. The industry knows this, and ...

I assume that if the detonation/flame front is itself rotating within the combustion chamber/channel/however one chooses to contain and direct it, then the expanding shockwave from the exhaust plume ...

CleanJoule’s high-performance alternative rocket fuel, SpaceSAF, was successfully used to power a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) developed by Venus Aerospace, marking a major validation of ...

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 ...