Combining the technologies could improve efficiency enough to make hypersonic projectiles much more affordable.

Two revolutionary aerospace technologies collide as GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin team up to demonstrate a new ...

GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin completed a series of engine tests demonstrating the viability of a liquid-fueled rotating ...

The compact, liquid-fuelled ramjet engine uses a novel combustion technology called rotating detonation that offers ...

The Rotating Detonation Engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney has no moving parts, which reduces complexity and costs, and could help enable high-speed, long-range flight with increased efficiency ...

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests. The work, which was completed with the ...

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 ...

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

On May 14, 2025 Venus Aerospace became the first in the world to successfully fly a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) — achieving what no government or private entity had done ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is researching the possibility of using Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs) to reduce fuel consumption in gas-turbine engines, says Kazhikathra Kailasanath, who ...

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 ...

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