A new family of engines aims to harness the power of detonation shockwaves to create ever-faster rocket engines. One of these engines—known as a rotating detonation engine (RDE)—has shown some ...

Newswise — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Oct. 12, 2021) – Development of a new concept for a solid-fueled ramjet using a rotating detonation engine (RDE) for hypersonic air-breathing propulsion at The University ...

Since the 1960s engineers around the world have been fiddling with a novel type of jet called a rotating detonation engine (RDE), but it has never got beyond the experimental stage. That could be ...

Soon, America’s older warbirds could see their claws sharpened significantly, as it was announced in October that Raytheon Missiles and Defense had been selected to build and demonstrate a ...

With promising results in the bag, NASA has announced it's scaling up to a fully reusable RDE in the 10,000-pound thrust class, where the team hopes it'll be able to start demonstrating performance ...