Successful engine test brings Australian space launch capability a step closer
The successful engine firing at the DefendTex/RMIT test facility. An Australian research consortium has successfully tested a next generation propulsion system that could enable high-speed flight and space launch services. The team’s rotating detonation engine, or RDE, is a major technical achievement and an Australian first. It was designed by RMIT University engineers and is being developed by a consortium led by DefendTex, with researchers from RMIT, University of Sydney and Universität der Bundeswehr in Germany. The successful engine firing at the DefendTex/RMIT test facility. How it w...
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