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Nitpick about the title[0], but it's a kind of thing that really irks me. It's "Reaction Engines", not "Reaction engines". It's a proper name of a private limited company, not a class of engines.

[0] - at the time of writing this, the title was: "Reaction engines bring us a step closer to Mach5 commercial air travel".

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I'm the OP. I'm 90% sure I submitted it as "Reaction Engines" - I was surprised it was "Reaction engines" when I visited the site an hour after submitting. I would've edited it when I revisited the site, but wasn't able to by that point.

But, then, it's also entirely possible I submitted it incorrectly.

No, that was our mistake. Sorry—fixed now.

Based on the grammar following "Reaction engines," it's clear that the OP simply thought the new engine was actually called a "reaction engine"

(I'm sure the author would not write "Google bring us closer to autonomous cars")

Well, the article clearly states that Reaction Engines is a rocket company, so it follows that OP must have not read the article very carefully, if at all.

The Star is a British paper: UK usage would be Reaction Engines bring, and yes the author would write "Google bring...".

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