- 1 Agni-IV Ballistic Missile Test
- 2 Indian Navy Receives ‘Mangrol’ ASW-SWC
- 3 Machilipatnam: Seventh Mahe-Class Anti-Submarine Warfare Craft
- 4 India Leases Two MQ-9B SeaGuardian Drones
- 5 Indian Navy Inducts Nipun
- 6 3D Model Could Improve Forecasting of Solar Eruptions
- 7 NASA’s ‘Big Bang’ Fix Gives Voyager 2 Another Year in Interstellar Space
- 8 IN-SPACe Guidelines for Planned Re-entry of Space Objects
- 9 SpaceX Reaches 100 Falcon Missions in 2026
- 10 X1: World’s Largest Fully Battery-Powered Aircraft
- 11 AI Platform MutAIverse Traces Chemicals Linked to DNA Damage
- 12 AI Framework Uncovers Hidden Cancer Stem Cells
- 13 IIT Patna Develops Hybrid Magneto-Rheometer for Smart Fluids
- 14 Light-Activated Nanobots for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy
- 15 Smart Cancer Drug RK-251
- 16 AI Designs Complete Viral Genomes to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
- 17 Thunderquakes: Using Thunder to Map the Earth’s Subsurface
- 18 Mandatory Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication
- 19 800 kN FFSC Rocket Engine
- 20 India’s First Indigenous African Swine Fever Vaccine
- 21 Moken Sea Nomads and Underwater Vision
- 22 IARC Classifies Three Common Medicines as Group 1 Carcinogens
- 23 IUCAA Discovers X-ray Binary System in Magellanic Bridge
- 24 Bio-Inspired Coating for 3D-Printed Bone Implants
- 25 Reusable Rocket Stage Recovery by China
Rotating Detonation Engine: A New Leap in Fuel-Efficient Propulsion
Recently, Indian defence start-up D-Propulse successfully demonstrated a Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) at a DRDO facility in Hyderabad, highlighting the potential of detonation-based propulsion for future rockets and hypersonic systems.
What is a Rotating Detonation Engine?
- Detonation-Based Combustion: An RDE uses a supersonic detonation wave instead of the slower flame-based combustion used in conventional engines.
- Continuous Operation: The detonation wave travels continuously around a ring-shaped combustion chamber, allowing the engine to generate sustained thrust.
- Higher Efficiency: RDEs can theoretically offer around 10–25% higher thermodynamic efficiency than conventional combustors.
- Fuel Saving: Greater efficiency could reduce the amount of fuel required to ....
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