More than 60 years ago, scientists in the United States imagined a powerful engine that could push aircraft to hypersonic speeds—up to 16 times the speed of sound. This dream involved something called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in China have introduced a new hypersonic engine concept by integrating a ramjet with a rotary detonation engine. A ...

GE Aerospace reported it successfully demonstrated a hypersonic dual-mode ramjet it said could make possible “high-speed flight and longer range” for multi-mission aircraft. The developer also noted ...

Venus Aerospace just took one giant leap toward hypersonic travel. The Houston-based startup successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of an exotic new type of engine, capable of enabling ...

GE and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated a new rotating detonation engine ramjet design in a series of tests that show significant potential for efficiency gains. If developed into a full missile ...

Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE) have been flown by Venus Aerospace. They use continuous detonation waves for propulsion and provide 15% efficiency gains (in specific impulse or fuel consumption) ...

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - GE Aerospace’s futuristic hypersonic engine has exceeded the company’s expectations in a breakthrough round of new tests. The dual-mode ramjet engine, which ...

Ursa Major's Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive successful flights, including multiple missions at ...

The age of naval supremacy as we know it is ending. For decades, massive aircraft carriers and heavily armored warships have ...

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...

The US Air Force is stomping on the accelerator to field advanced hypersonic missiles as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major announce the successful completion of a flight test of ...