Traditional ramjet engines work by relying on the aircraft's speed to scoop up and compress air into the engine. This compressed air mixes with fuel, ignites, and produces thrust. The engine doesn ...
A jet engine is any engine that can propel an aircraft of some kind via rearward expulsion of a jet of fluid, typically a hot exhaust gas that the engine generates by drawing in fuel from the ...
COLORADO SPRINGS—Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace has successfully ignited its detonation ramjet at equivalent takeoff speed, marking a key step toward developing a rocket-based combined ...
The company was formed back in 2020 with the goal of making a sort of mutant rocket engine that pairs the benefits of a rotating detonation design (RDRE) with those of a ramjet. In doing so ...