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This startup’s hypersonic rocket could finally go head to head with SpaceX

Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based startup developing hypersonic propulsion technology, completed what it calls the first U.S.
ExtremeTech

Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Survives First Subsonic Flight Test

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 ...
Ars Technica

For the first time in the US, a rotating detonation rocket engine takes flight

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 ...
Seeking Alpha

RTX's Pratt & Whitney completes series of rotating detonation engine testing

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, has completed a series of tests on its rotating detonation engine (RDE) work with the RTX ...
Flightglobal

Pratt & Whitney doubles down on rotating detonation engine

Pratt & Whitney will accelerate its work on rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology, as its programme to develop the advanced propulsion capability yields results. The company has completed a ...
NextBigFuture

Air Force Research Lab, DARPA and NASA Rotating Detonating Engine Research

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...