World’s first rotating detonation rocket engine flight … maybe

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Source: New Atlas | New TechBy: David SzondyDate: 05/25/2025, 10:03:00 AM
In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such engines could help propel future hypersonic vehicles.…
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