Build the core
Develop the injector, annular chamber, ignition, thermal and measurement architecture.
About SleipnirX
A propulsion company built to test the hard things.
SleipnirX is the operating brand of ZND Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., an Indian aerospace startup focused on detonation-based propulsion.
Mission
Turn detonation science into deployable propulsion.
We are starting with rotating detonation engines, building the simulation, hardware and test evidence required to move from a difficult combustion phenomenon to a useful aerospace system.
Prove it on the stand
Generate repeatable data from sub-scale static testing and close the loop with simulation.
Take it to flight
Integrate with a vehicle partner and mature the engine around a real mission.
Long-term vision
Every class of detonation propulsion.
From practical rotating and pulse detonation engines to longer-horizon plasma-assisted and nuclear-based detonation propulsion systems.
Rotating detonation
The primary near-term programme and foundation of the company’s propulsion stack.
Pulse detonation
A future mission-specific platform for pulsed and mechanically simple systems.
Plasma-assisted
Longer-term work on initiation, control and operating-envelope expansion.
Nuclear-based detonation
A distant research horizon aimed at propulsion beyond today’s chemical systems.
Operating principles
How we intend to build.
Aerospace hardware rewards patience, evidence and disciplined iteration. These principles define how we make technical and company decisions.
Hardware over hype.
We measure progress in credible models, manufactured parts, instrumentation, test fires and usable data.
Ambition in stages.
We keep the long mission large while making every near-term milestone technically narrow and fundable.
Safety and rigor.
High-energy propulsion demands documented processes, honest uncertainty and conservative test discipline.
Build with partners.
Research institutions, suppliers, test facilities and vehicle companies are part of the engineering system.
Leadership
A lean founding team.
Propulsion research and company development are being built in parallel from the ground up.
VRS
Founder
Vansh Ratna Sharma
Propulsion researcher focused on detonation physics, CFD, shock-wave dynamics and high-speed air-breathing propulsion.