"It was going great until it fell apart." Richard Varvill recalls the emotional shock that hits home when a high-tech venture goes off the rails. The former chief technology officer speaks ruefully ...

Collapsed UK firm Reaction Engines had a total deficiency of over £160 million ($216 million) when it fell into administration last month, including now-worthless shareholdings of more than £150 ...

Adam Dissel, President of Reaction Engines, reported that business operations were being shutdown. The US business of the UK company operated for 8.5 years. They pushed the boundaries of propulsion ...

The US business of the UK company operated for 8.5 years. They pushed the boundaries of propulsion and thermal management with our technology. The team achieved some astounding milestones and ...

Reaction Engines Ltd., today announces the signing of a €10m European Space Agency (ESA) contract which will enable the development of a ground based demonstrator of SABRETM, a new class […] ...

To be fair it's not solely a Brit thing. Every time anyone else has studied air-breathing rockets they find that the engine is optimized by getting rid of the air-breathing component. And horizontal ...

Reaction Engines simply pointed the exhaust from the J79 at the precooler and tested its performance. Reaction Engines used a General Electric J79 turbojet engine to produce super-heated airflow for ...

(Reuters) - Here is a look at the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) developed by Reaction Engines Ltd over the last 20 years which could power a re-usable space plane. Sabre will be a new ...

Reaction Engines Ltd., a UK company behind a rocket engine designed for hypersonic flight, has had its valuation slashed by more than £200 million ($264 million) by two investors as it searches for ...

DUBAI—Propulsion and thermal management developer Reaction Engines is expanding existing ties with aircraft hydrogen fuel-cell system developer Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) to explore ...