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 ...

Lockheed Martin and Venus Aerospace team up to test RDRE propulsion for long-range missiles, aiming for higher speed, range ...

Looking to the future, NASA is investigating several technologies that will allow it to accomplish some bold objectives. This includes returning to the moon, creating the infrastructure that will let ...

Credit: NASA HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—NASA sees its work on rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology as one of several areas for the agency to contribute to the future Golden Dome for America ...

A new propulsion milestone has been reached as Astrobotic successfully tests its experimental Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine, achieving a record 300-second continuous burn during a campaign ...

Using a design once deemed too unstable to harness, NASA successfully tested a 3D-printed rotating detonation engine in 2023, marking a major breakthrough in propulsion. By exploiting supersonic ...

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Venus Aerospace has secured $91M in Series B financing following the successful flight test of its high-thrust rotating ...

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no rocket scientist. Then again, I don’t think you have to be to gaze in wonder at this rotating detonation rocket engine from aerospace company Astrobotic. It ...

HOUSTON—Venus Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have entered a collaboration agreement for evaluation of Houston-based Venus’s rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology. The companies hope to ...