New Scientist – Reaction Engines UK is developing the Sabre hydrogen-and-air-burning engine. It is designed to reach orbit in a future satellite-launching spaceplane called Skylon, and may be used ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...

Two Chakram engine prototypes accumulated more than 470 seconds of total run time.

EADS is hoping a newly approved joint project with Russian researchers will help pave the way to realising an air-breathing or rocket-propulsion technology that promises efficient operations from ...

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 ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an ...

A research team in Beijing says they have built a new type of rocket engine powered by explosions. The continuous rotating detonation combustion engine, developed by Professor Wang Bing and colleagues ...

Chinese scientists proposing a new concept for a hypersonic engine with improved continuous thrust, lower start-up speeds and enhanced performance have inserted a ramjet into a rotary detonation ...

An engine capable of transforming a shock wave into stable propulsion: this is the idea behind a recent technological breakthrough. In China, a team of researchers has developed a system that could ...

China has made a bold claim that is catching global attention, its scientists say that they have successfully tested a powerful new engine that could change the future of military technology. Known as ...