reaction engine


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Synonyms for reaction engine

a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream

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If you can pull it off, it kicks other rocket engines into touch MARK THOMAS CEO OF REACTION ENGINES
Since May, 2008, CCSL, which has its main office in Deeside and a regional centre with training facilities in Abercynon, just north of Cardiff, has supplied Reaction Engines with the licences and technical support needed to maximise their use of this vital piece of 3D software.
Since May 2008, CCSL, which has its main office in Deeside, has supplied Reaction Engines with the licences and technical support needed to maximise their use of this vital piece of 3D software.
Harwell-based Reaction Engines hopes to test the cooling system at its US operation in Colorado this year.
- Dr Robert Bond, Head of Future Propulsion, Reaction Engines Ltd
Through its venture capital arm, Boeing also (https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/13/boeing-invests-in-hypersonic-engines-keeping-pace.aspx) has a stake in Reaction Engines , a British firm working to develop a hybrid engine able to travel five times the speed of sound in atmosphere.
Boeing (BA) announced its investment in Reaction Engines Limited, a leader in advanced propulsion systems based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
In 1989, Alan Bond was one of the founders of Abingdon based Reaction Engines Ltd.
Substantial funding is now driving forward the development of a ground-based demonstrator of Reaction Engines Ltd's much heralded SABRE aerospace engine.
November 2 - Reaction Engines To Revolutionise Space Travel
Reaction Engines is working on an engine system that will pave the way for a plane that would transport 300 passengers anywhere in the world in four hours.
David Willetts, the UK Minister for Universities and Science, announced the investment in Reaction Engines Ltd, of Culham Science Centre near Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
The new technology created by scientists at Reaction Engines can cool air entering an engine from 1,000C to -150C in a hundredth of a second without creating icy blockages.
Reaction Engines is developing an engine called the Scimitar that has more in common with near-future spaceship engines than modern airplane turbofans.
The A2 aeroplane was designed by Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines and would carry 300 passengers at a top speed of almost 4,000mph.