Astrobotic put its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) through its paces for the ...

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

Astrobotic Technology says it has fired a rotating detonation rocket engine at 4,000 pounds of thrust, a milestone that puts ...

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a ...

Pittsburgh-based aerospace company Astrobotic has made strides in developing an ultra-efficient rocket engine that could ...

Private space company Astrobotic annouced the longest hot fire test of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), 300 ...

Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could ...

Welcome to Edition 8.38 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week concerned the third launch of the New Glenn rocket. The ...

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 ...

Craig Nordeen (Air Force Research Lab, Pratt & Whitney) gives a lesson from three years ago on detonation engines. He describes the history and how they work and why they are more efficient. The work ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, has completed a series of tests on its rotating detonation engine (RDE) work with the RTX ...

A new type of rocket engine, one that could power a plane from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours, has eluded scientists for decades. Houston’s Venus Aerospace says it recently solved the puzzle.