#Inventions #Invention #Tech #Britain #British #Technology #ReactionEngines #innovation #UK #Business #Enterprise #Science #Engine
A few years before someone else jumps on the back of it, completes the project, and makes millions.
I love being British, but our inability to fund innovative projects is a major failing. I’m sure Frank Whittle, John Harrison and Christopher Cockerell (among many others) would agree.

The British jet engine that failed in the 'Valley of Death' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5zg85wnlo

a very #British epitaph for any technology: "We failed because we ran out of money."

"Reaction Engines hoped one day its tech would power a reusable space plane"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5zg85wnlo

"Rolls-Royce said it had other priorities and the UK military has very little money."

#technology #space #SpaceFlight #HOTOL #Skylon #ReactionEngines #UK #history #SpacePlane

Michael Khan bei #SciLogs:
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Reaction Engines ist pleite
"
".. Firma existiert .. seit 1989. Ihre Aktivitäten gehen .. auf .. Konzept von 1984 zurück. Damals arbeitete die britische Industrie an .. HOTOL. Das habe ich damals als Student der Raumfahrttechnik verfolgt, erst enthusiastisch, dann zunehmend desillusionierter."

https://scilogs.spektrum.de/go-for-launch/reaction-engines-ist-pleite/

11.11.2024

#England #GreatBritain #Hotol #RB545 #Raumfahrt #ReactionEngines #SABRE #SpaceFlight #Skylon #SSTO #UK

".. Reaction Engines .. behind the development of the Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) .. entered administration after rescue talks with potential investors failed."

https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/time-runs-out-for-reaction-engines-as-it-enters-administration/

31.10.2024

#England #GreatBritain #Großbritannien #HTCDF #PWC #Raumfahrt #ReactionEngines #SABRE #SpaceFlight #UAE #UK

Reaction Engines Ltd has gone into administration. A sad day.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/reaction_engines_administration/

#space #ReactionEngines

Typical of modern British innovation:-

"Aerospace specialist Reaction Engines has gone into administration, potentially taking with it the dreams of hypersonic aircraft powered by its hybrid air-breathing rocket engine tech."

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/reaction_engines_administration/

"Furthermore, the UK Space Agency made a £3.9 million ($5 million) grant to the company in 2021 to support the development of the SABRE engine technology."

#Skylon #ReactionEngines #HOTOL #space #technology #UK

🔴 #ReactionEngines has gone into administration, potentially taking with it the dreams of #hypersonic #aircraft powered by its hybrid air-breathing rocket engine technology

The #UK company is a privately owned engineering research company that operated for more than 30 years. Its major focus was the development of #SABRE (Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine), said to combine the fuel efficiency of a jet engine with the power and high speed offered by rockets

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/reaction_engines_administration/ #News

ℹ A British company aiming to pioneer hypersonic flight and which counts #Boeing and #RollsRoyce Holdings among its backers is scrambling to raise new funding amid a squeeze on cashflow

#SkyNews has learnt that #ReactionEngines, which is based in #Oxfordshire, has appointed advisers to raise fresh capital

Shareholders in the company, which include the FTSE-100 arms manufacturer #BAE Systems, have been informed about the efforts to secure new money in recent weeks

https://news.sky.com/story/rolls-royce-backed-reaction-engines-scrambles-for-new-funding-13162736 #News