Ars Technica

Venus Aerospace flies its rotating detonation rocket engine for the first time

I assume that if the detonation/flame front is itself rotating within the combustion chamber/channel/however one chooses to contain and direct it, then the expanding shockwave from the exhaust plume ...
ExtremeTech

Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Survives First Subsonic Flight Test

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...
NextBigFuture

Venus Aerospace ISP Estimates From 0 to Mach 10

Venus Aerospace has not publicly released detailed specific impulse (ISP) data for their Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) or the VDR2 (a rocket-based combined cycle engine integrating RDRE ...
NextBigFuture

Historic Aviation Engine Advance to Unlock Hypersonic Mach 10 Planes

Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE) have been flown by Venus Aerospace. They use continuous detonation waves for propulsion and provide 15% efficiency gains (in specific impulse or fuel consumption) ...
Ars Technica

Venus Aerospace flies its rotating detonation rocket engine for the first time

ISTR that the SR-71 was about a foot longer at speed than at rest. They definitely leaked fuel on the ground. And I don't have the unclassified POH for it handy, but ISTR that the SR-71 did the 'dipsy ...