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Scramjet vs. rocket: The 2 propulsion systems powering the hypersonic missile race, explained

In March 2025, a missile launched from a test range in the Pacific arced into the upper atmosphere, separated its rocket booster, and released an unpowered wedge-shaped glide body that streaked toward ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Lockheed taps rotating detonation rocket engines to boost missile range, speed

Lockheed Martin and Venus Aerospace have formed a joint agreement to adapt Rotating Detonation ...
BGR

SpaceX's Raptor Engine Vs. Blue Origin's BE-4 - What's The Difference In These Rocket Engines

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...
The Week

ISRO’s semi-cryogenic engine is stronger, better: Why it matters

Very recently the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out a hot test of the powerhead of its semi-cryogenic engine at the ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu ...
TechCrunch

This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit.’

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...