When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it's a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace's new Venus ...

Ramjet engines provide a simple and lightweight propulsion system designed for supersonic flight.They draw in large amounts of air through the engine inlet using the forward motion of the aircraft.

Hermeus demonstrated that its engine can transition from turbojet—like what’s used in passenger aircraft—to ramjet, a much more powerful engine technology. Hermeus, a startup building a ...

The Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet test, believed to be the first of its kind, exploited rotating detonation combustion technology. General Electric Aerospace announced a successful demonstration of ...

GE Aerospace announced in December it has demonstrated what is believed to be a world-first hypersonic dual-mode ramjet rig test with rotating detonation combustion in a supersonic flow stream ...

Telemetry revealed the boron ramjet was achieving a specific impulse of over 4,700 Newton-seconds per kilogram. That's one-third better than even SpaceX's latest Raptor rocket engine.

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Aerospace unveiled the Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine, also known as "VDR2", at Up.Summit, marking a major breakthrough in high ...

Some ramjet and scramjet engines can even break the sound barrier, allowing aircraft to move at a hypersonic speed thanks to the engine's unique architecture. Let's look at the differences between ...