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 ...

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

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

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, ...