Reaction Engines' single-stage-to-orbit Skylon spacecraft took a step closer to reality today as BAE Systems announced that it would buy a 20 percent stake in the company as part of an agreement to ...

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 of aerospace ...

2 November 2015 – BAE Systems plc and Reaction Engines Limited (‘Reaction Engines’) today announced a strategic investment by BAE Systems and a working collaboration to accelerate Reaction Engines’ ...

Britain's Reaction Engines says a key component of its Sabre hypersonic engine passed a critical cooling test at the Colorado Air and Space Port. (Reaction Engines) LONDON — The key component of a ...

Reaction Engines and Britain's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) have completed a concept study into the practicality of using ammonia as a jet aviation fuel. By teaming Reaction ...

Reaction Engines is hopeful that newly unveiled technology which uses its heat exchanger system to allow regular jet engines to burn ammonia – producing zero carbon emissions – could enter service ...

British aerospace giant BAE Systems is betting big on hypersonic travel – something its potential new partner says could be a reality within two decades. BAE is planning to invest £20.6 million ($31.8 ...

Rolls-Royce and Reaction Engines have formed a strategic partnership aimed at powering next-generation warplanes. (Rolls-Royce/Reaction Engines graphic) LONDON – Rolls-Royce has formed a strategic ...

Fans of supersonic flight have been yearning for a new way to break the sound barrier ever since Concorde stopped flying in 2003. Now successful tests of a key part of an air-breathing rocket engine ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) --BAE Systems and Reaction Engines will collaborate on the development of the SABRE, or Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, the two companies announced Monday. Under the ...