Reaction Engines lands funding for SABRE
Reaction Engines has been awarded a £3.9m grant from the UK Space Agency to support development of its SABRE space propulsion technology.
The SABRE (Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine) technology promises developments in low-carbon space propulsion alongside other areas such as sustainable aviation fuels, atmospheric high-speed flight and prolonged electric vehicle battery life.
Building on earlier government backing for SABRE, the new grant includes £5.3m of activity that will be conducted over the next year, part funded by the UK Space Agency and Reaction Engines. It follows £50m of UK Space Agency funding for Reaction Engines since 2015 and will secure near-term technology demonstration in hydrogen combustion, thermal management and engine control technologies critical to the air-breathing core of SABRE systems.
It will also include strategic elements to explore competitiveness of prospective SABRE-Launch Systems while identifying collaborative scenarios associated with vehicle and customer driven routes to market, UK government said in a statement announcing the funding.
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