- A
scramjet (supersonic
combustion ramjet) is a
variant of a
ramjet airbreathing jet
engine in
which combustion takes place in
supersonic airflow. As in...
-
Scramjet programs refers to
research and
testing programs for the
development of
supersonic combustion ramjets,
known as
scramjets. This list provides...
- The
Boeing X-51
Waverider is an
unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for
hypersonic flight at Mach 5 (3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h) and an altitude...
- air-breathing
engines such as
scramjets to
reach high
speeds Hypersonic aircraft using air-breathing
engines such as
scramjets to
reach high
speeds Guns which...
- The
Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) is a
scramjet-powered
hypersonic air-launched
cruise missile project, the
successor of the
Hypersonic Air-breathing...
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higher altitude.
Variants of the jet
engine include the
ramjet and the
scramjet,
which rely on high
airspeed and
intake geometry to
compress the combustion...
- altitude, it was discarded, and the X-43 flew free
using its own engine, a
scramjet. The
first plane in the series, the X-43A, was a single-use vehicle, of...
- The
HSTDV is an
unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for
hypersonic flight. It is
being developed as a
carrier vehicle for
hypersonic and long-range...
- X-43A flew on
scramjet for 10 seconds, and then
glided for 10
minutes on its last
flight in 2004. The
Boeing X-51
Waverider flew on
scramjet for 210 seconds...
- 2.2 to the
lowest speed of a
scramjet at Mach 4.
Typical turbine engines cannot achieve high
enough speeds for a
scramjet to take over and
continue accelerating...
