The Aviationist

Sikorsky Conducts First Ground Test of GE’s T901 Engines on UH-60 Black Hawk

The GE T901 engine was developed as part of the Improved Turbine Engine Program to replace the T700 engines used by U.S. Army’s UH-60s and the AH-64s, and was also expected to equip the now-cancelled ...
SpaceNews

NASA Conducts First Test of Redesigned Moon Rocket Engine at Stennis

NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi on Dec. 14. Credits: NASA/SSC NASA conducted the first test of the newly redesigned RS-25 ...
SpaceNews

China conducts first seven-engine static fire test for moon rocket

Exhaust billows from a tethered static fire test of a Long March 10 first-stage test article at the LC-301 launch pad, Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island, China, Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: CMSEO ...
Ars Technica

Stoke Space ignites its ambitious main engine for the first time

On Tuesday, Stoke Space announced the firing of its first stage rocket engine for the first time earlier this month, briefly igniting it for about two seconds. The company declared the June 5 test a ...
New Atlas

World's first aerospike rocket test mid-flight successful

In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has finally accomplished something that's never been done before: lit the fuse ...
New Atlas

World's first rotating detonation rocket engine flight ... maybe

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...
GeekWire

Stoke Space scores a success in first test firing of engine for reusable Nova booster

Stoke Space’s booster engine blazes during its first hot-fire test. (Stoke Space Photo) Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it has successfully completed the first hot-fire test of the engine that will ...
Aviation Week

RFA First-Stage Engine Explodes During Hot Fire Test

RFA began the test campaign for the first stage and its four Helix engines with this successful 8-sec. test in May. Credit: Rocket Factory Augsburg Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) experienced a failure ...
Space.com

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

But a date has still yet to be set for the X-59's first flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is ...
ExtremeTech

Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Survives First Subsonic Flight Test

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...
Yahoo

NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...