A novel type of jet propulsion, a rotating detonation engine (RDE), has been successfully tested by Pratt & Whitney. The ...

The fuel injection ignites a flame-like detonation wave that travels around the ring for as long as fuel is injected. The ...

The Rotating Detonation Engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney has no moving parts, which reduces complexity and costs, and could help enable ...

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test ...

Explosions in the sky and explosions on land are literally worlds apart. A supernova and a land mine explosion don't seem ...

Imagine flying from Shanghai to Los Angeles in 30 minutes. A new hypersonic jet engine just took a step closer to making it ...

Pratt & Whitney will accelerate its work on rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology, as its programme to develop the ...

From challenger to Shenzhen’s tech crown to Chinese scientists building jet fuel engine, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Pratt & Whitney has concluded a series of tests on its new rotating detonation engine (RDE), conducted in collaboration with ...

As a South China Morning Post report rightly put it, the achievement marks "a potential game-changer in hypersonic propulsion that could redefine the limits of air and space travel". It's an aeroplane ...

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has completed a series of tests on its rotating detonation engine (RDE) work with the RTX Technology Research Center. Positive test results are spurring ...

China has made a major stride in hypersonic flight technology with the successful testing of a newly developed engine, ...