Delivering the future of UK hypersonic capabilities
Reaction Engines, Rolls-Royce, the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), the UK Government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) have announced new details of their joint programme to deliver significant enhancements to UK defence capabilities through the development of innovative hypersonic technologies. Building on the […]
Viritech and Reaction Engines Bring Rocket Science to Hydrogen Vehicles
Viritech, the leading developer of enabling technology for fuel-cell powertrains, signs Memorandum of Understanding with Reaction Engines, the inventors of the hybrid air-breathing rocket engine. Reaction Engines’ technology represents a step-change in the efficiency of cooling systems. The transformation of thermal efficiency will yet further increase the advantage of Viritech-enabled powertrains. Viritech, the pioneer of […]
Reaction Engines begins testing of breakthrough high-Mach propulsion technology under contract with the U.S. Department of Defense
The FCT Program is administered by the Directorate of Defense Research and Engineering for Advanced Capabilities and is focused on the discovery, assessment, and testing of leading foreign technology with the potential to satisfy U.S. Defense technical demands. The program seeks high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) technologies that could rapidly and economically satisfy current and […]
Project Fresson Update – Phase 1 Underway
Project Fresson has a clear and ambitious aim to develop the world’s first regulatory-certified zero-emissions commercial passenger aircraft using hydrogen fuel cell technology. Reaction Engines announced that it joined the Project Fresson consortium led by CAeS in October 2021, with the aim to apply its revolutionary thermal management technology developed as part of the SABRE […]
Philippa Davies named one of the UK’s top 50 Women in Engineering
Reaction Engines’ Engineering Director, Philippa Davies, has been named one of the top 50 Women in UK Engineering for 2022 by the Women’s Engineering Society. The awards this year focus on celebrating women inventors and innovators who can #ImagineTheFuture. Philippa has worked at Reaction Engines for 10 years and is playing a leading role in […]
Enabling hydrogen fuel cell flight to take off
Our climate is also affected by other substances emitted by aircraft, as a result of burning kerosene jet fuel. Significant amounts of NOX, contrails and particulate matter have a specific warming effect of their own. Released at high altitudes, aviation emissions have 2–4 times the impact of comparable ground source emissions. It’s therefore unsurprising that […]
Enabling hydrogen fuel cell flight to take off
Aviation connects people. It provides worldwide access to goods and is vital to the global economy. But it is also responsible for around 3% of global carbon emissions. If other sectors decarbonise more quickly – as predicted – aviation could end up accounting for an eye-watering 22% of global emissions by 2050. Our climate is […]
Enabling hydrogen fuel cell flight to take off
Aviation connects people. It provides worldwide access to goods and is vital to the global economy. But it is also responsible for around 3% of global carbon emissions. If other sectors decarbonise more quickly – as predicted – aviation could end up accounting for an eye-watering 22% of global emissions by 2050. Our climate is […]
Further, better, faster, longer
The future of cars is electric. The UK Government will ban the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in 2030, making it one of fourteen countries that have announced ICE restrictions.
Reaction Engines wins Best Use of Tech Award at Southern Tech 150
This annual event, now in its twelfth year, celebrates the leading 150 tech companies in the southern region and recognises outstanding achievements across four categories: Innovation, Employer of the Year, Best Use of Tech, and Business Leader of the Year. The Best Use of Tech Award was sponsored by Morgan Lovell and recognises exceptional use […]
