Russian powerplant specialist United Engine has carried out initial testing of a pulse-detonation rocket motor which has potential application to orbital spaceplanes or hypersonic aircraft.

Pulse detonation technology being pursued by General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce offers engine-makers the potential for improving gas turbine specific fuel consumption by double digits ...

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Scaled Composites plan to conduct around late September what is described as the first-ever flight of a pulse detonation engine (PDE)-powered aircraft.

Engines that convert chemical energy from fuel into kinetic energy via explosive detonation, rather than slower deflagration combustion as seen in typical internal combustion engines. Categories ...

Bellevue developers of a new type of jet engine are finding the real money may lie in using the engine's "pulse detonation" technology to clean dirty power-generation furnaces. The new market is so ...

Perhaps the opening is now for the greatest of all space adventures to be partaken by the two countries. The cause of space is meant to unite, not divide. In the last week, Russian President Vladimir ...

The bright minds from the University of Central Florida (UCF) are on a path to revolutionize the future of air travel, and even facilitate interplanetary transportation. In the quest to find a ...

DENVER — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Vulcan Mach 4 engine program has passed its first phase interim design review amid signs that the initiative is generating ...

The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional ...

Engineers at the University of Washington are working on a new type of rocket engine that holds the promise of being lighter, more efficient, and simpler to make than conventional liquid-fuel rockets.