Wave Motion Advances K200 Development

Progress continues on Wave Motion Launch Corporation’s K200, our first flex-propellant solid jet engine and large-scale Jet Gun demonstrator. Following earlier integration work on the K200’s actuation hydraulics, valve hydraulics, fuel routing, and probe lines, the system has continued moving through testing and refinement. Most recently we've conducted propellant energization tests running the engine working fluid over the heat exchanger in preparations for hot fires that will include pellet flow. The updated K200 configuration is engineered around mission flexibility, with nozzle geometry and pellet size/composition tailored to the application. Current listed specifications include:

• Maximum kinetic power output: 200 MW / 300,000 hp

• Maximum solid jet velocity: 5,000 m/s / 16,000 ft/s

• Maximum thrust: 5,000 kgf / 11,000 lbf

• Minimum solid jet divergence: 0.46 mrad / 1.6 MoA

• Energy source: thermal battery or diesel/air torch

• Propellant options: air, hydrogen, methanol, and water

• Pellet options: steel, clay, plastic, and tailored energetics

The K200 remains a major step toward proving Wave Motion’s core Jet Gun technology at a meaningful scale. Each round of integration, testing, and redesign brings the system closer to demonstrating directed kinetic energy at the megawatt scale.