Rotating Detonation-Wave Engines

All Navy aircraft and missiles use gasturbine engines for propulsion. Many ships are also dependent on gasturbine engines to generate both propulsive power and electricity. These engines are fundamentally similar to engines used to power commercial airplanes. Future ships moving to an “all electric” paradigm for the propulsion system will still require these gas-turbine engines to generate electricity for the propulsion system and also for other critical onboard systems. Because of the amount of power required by modern warfighting ships, and the prospect that this power requirement will only increase, there is a strong interest in improving the specific fuel consumption of these engines.