The fuel injection ignites a flame-like detonation wave that travels around the ring for as long as fuel is injected. The energy generated from it is converted to thrust that’s ...

A novel type of jet propulsion, a rotating detonation engine (RDE), has been successfully tested by Pratt & Whitney. The development is highly significant for the U.S. military, with RDE ...

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE ... volume—a more efficient process than current jet engines in which combustion occurs as a subsonic ...

The Rotating Detonation Engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney has no moving parts, which reduces complexity and costs, and could help enable high-speed, long-range flight with increased ...

This is why interest in detonation engines for both gas turbines in the energy sector and for rocket propulsion applications has increased so significantly in recent years. Particularly promising is ...

Over the years [Integza] has blown up or melted many types of jet engine ... a journey towards a very interesting engine design, known as the rotating detonation engine. This will be very ...

However, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has recently completed a successful test of a different type of rocket, known as a rotating detonation engine. The engine relies on an ...

Pratt & Whitney will accelerate its work on rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology, as its programme to develop the advanced propulsion capability yields results. The company has completed a ...

By comparison, the last commercial supersonic jet, the Concorde, traveled at Mach 2 ... Venus has ground tested a new rotating detonation engine that could go from 0 to 6 times the speed of sound.

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