Engineering students from Kingston University in London have made headlines by building a rocket engine that runs on an ...

Venus Aerospace has achieved a groundbreaking milestone: the company successfully launched a rocket from the ground using its air-breathing rotating detonation engine (RDRE). This hybrid ...

The tests demonstrated the performance of “the high-speed air-breathing engine — enabling greater ranges than a conventional rocket,” the U.K. said, adding that the achievement was a ...

A towering new rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin successfully conducted a dress rehearsal of a launch countdown Friday evening, culminating with the seven engines of the booster ...

Both REL and REI ceased operations and laid off the bulk of their staff. In 2015, BAE Systems agreed to buy a 20% stake in the company for £20.6m as part of an agreement to help develop Reaction ...

173 jobs gone after air-breathing rocket project loses lift Updated Aerospace specialist Reaction Engines has gone into administration, potentially taking with it the dreams of hypersonic aircraft ...

Founded in 1989, Reaction Engines developed propulsion systems for hypersonic flight and space access vehicles, and was known specifically for its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE ...

Originally founded in 1989, Reaction’s Sabre technology – which is short for Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine – can work like a normal jet engine before switching to rocket fuel when ...

Founded in 1989, Reaction’s Sabre technology — short for Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine — was designed to combine the fuel efficiency of a jet engine with the power of a rocket.

This Startup Hopes Its Air-Breathing Engines Will Keep Satellites in Orbit The commercial space industry is helping explore the final frontier, and Viridian is one of many new companies developing ...