The new rocket engine will be more compact. It will provide an advantage to American air-to-air guided missiles in air battles.
Gambit is the first program on the planet aimed at creating a new engine for future weapons systems. Thanks to a contract with DARPA, RTX became the first defense manufacturer on the market to use a rotating detonation engine in a real test system.
RTX engineers plan to use elements of iteration of performance models based on the data obtained during phased system tests when developing Gambit.