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The compact nozzle design exceeded expectations during testing and will be integrated into Venus's rotating detonation rocket engine for a demonstration.
The VDR2 combines the high thrust and efficiency of the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) with the high efficiency cruise of a Ramjet, and will take flight in Venus' hypersonic flight test drone in 2025.
The eight foot, 300lb drone was dropped at 12,000 ft and accelerated to Mach 0.9, flying for 10 miles. It was powered by a hydrogen peroxide monopropellant engine at 80% thrust in order to not exceed Mach 1.
Venus Aerospace is the first company to demonstrate one particular room-temperature storable propellant combination, which it hopes will allow hypersonic flights to go further, faster and more often.