GE and Lockheed Martin Showcase Rotating Detonation Hypersonic Missile Design

Combining the technologies could improve efficiency enough to make hypersonic projectiles much more affordable.
11Alive

Georgia Tech student designs new rocket engine as an intern for NASA

ATLANTA — The future of space travel just got a boost thanks to one Georgia Tech undergraduate student. Dalton Luedke is a third-year aerospace engineering student at Tech, and also part of the NASA ...
SpaceNews

NASA Validates Revolutionary Propulsion Design for Deep Space Missions

This advanced rocket engine design could one day change how future propulsion systems are built! Marshall propulsion engineers designed the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) to differ from a ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Detonation Engine Revs Up for 4 Minutes in Breakthrough Test

The new propulsion system is powered by supersonic technology and can be used for spacecraft journeying from the Moon to Mars. Reading time 2 minutes NASA just put its new propulsion system to the ...
Machine Design

Tesla-Valve-inspired Injection Manifold Design Could Improve Performance of Rotating Detonation Engines

Researchers at Purdue University's College of Engineering are conducting tests on a patented Tesla valve-inspired injection manifold design to improve the efficiency of rotating detonation engines ...
NextBigFuture

Venus Aerospace Has First High Thrust Rotating Detonation Engine Flight

On May 14, 2025 Venus Aerospace became the first in the world to successfully fly a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) — achieving what no government or private entity had done ...