SBIR/STTR Research Award
Detonation Engine Powered Rocket Based Combined Cycle Development
Award amount
$1,249,286Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- VENUS AEROSPACE CORP.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-06-07
- Contract end date
- 2025-09-08
- UEI
- L7E4L8YNKMH6
- Solicitation number
- X24.4
- Topic code
- AFX244-DPCSO1
Research abstract
Venus Aerospace proposes the development of a novel engine to enable routine hypersonic flight for meeting the defense needs of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).á In this effort Venus will expand on the preexisting engine testing by combining a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) with outside air - called a Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC). This effort will demonstrate how an RBCC will realize increases in fuel efficiency compared to an existing rocket engine while operating over a wider operating envelope than current hypersonic propulsion systems.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Venus Aerospace Rotating Detonation Nozzle Development
- Leading Edge Cooling for Hypersonic Vehicles
- HyperJet Feasibility: Leading Edge Heat Pipe
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- File Rights Management
- Slingshot RAPTOR
- Hypersonic Equipage From TEUs (HEFT)
- Acqbot D2P2 SBIR
- Agile Thruster Production for Space Superiority
Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2021–2024). Reported award amounts total $2,201,443. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration