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GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin test new rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic weapons

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

GE and Lockheed test new engine to boost hypersonic missile efficiency

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

GE/Lockheed Tests Raise Bar For Rotating Detonation Maturity

GE/Lockheed Tests Raise Bar For Rotating Detonation Maturity is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation ...
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General Electric Demonstrates Ramjet Engines for Hypersonic Missiles

The Solid Fuel Ramjet (SFRJ) and the Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) are seeing rapid success as the U.S. hikes spending and development of hypersonic weapons. GE Aerospace has shed more light on ...
NextBigFuture

Air Force Research Lab, DARPA and NASA Rotating Detonating Engine Research

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...
NextBigFuture

Venus Aerospace Hypersonic Engine Breakthroughs

Andrew Duggleby, co-founder and CTO of Venus Aerospace, discusses their groundbreaking propulsion technology. They have a ramjet integrated with a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) which they ...
Nature

Oblique Detonation Waves and Their Dynamics

Oblique detonation waves (ODWs) represent an advanced class of shock-induced combustion phenomena in which the detonation front propagates at an angle to the oncoming supersonic flow. These waves are ...