Emirati LRE-30 liquid rocket engine

[tyrin]

Came across this engine at the Dubai Airshow in early development but was never able to get brochures of it

I assume the 30 in the name represents the power in kilonewtons which would roughly put it in the same class as the Kestrel or Rurtherford





Very early in development in November 2023 so probably won’t be finished for some years but promising for a small lift launch vehicle if clustered



Below is just a reference on what the engine could power if used in orbital launch vehicle

Clustered in the first stage with 9 engines in the Electron and a single Rutherford in the second stage

Size for reference which roughly aligns with the LRE-30

 

[JetPropulsion]

This engine can be connected with african rocket engine SAFFIRE: same thrust, using of electrical pump.
See:
1) SAFFIRE https://aerospace.ukzn.ac.za/rocket-projects/saffire/
2) May be SAFFIRE engineer works at Abu Dhabi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duran-m...https://ae.linkedin.com/&originalSubdomain=ae

 

[tyrin]

This engine can be connected with african rocket engine SAFFIRE: same thrust, using of electrical pump.
See:
1) SAFFIRE https://aerospace.ukzn.ac.za/rocket-projects/saffire/
2) May be SAFFIRE engineer works at Abu Dhabi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duran-martin-aerospace/?original_referer=https://ae.linkedin.com/&originalSubdomain=ae

Wouldn’t doubt it honestly, no different from Chinese using Russian engineers after fall of Soviet Union or operation paper clip.