A scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) is a variant of a ramjet airbreathing jet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow. As in...
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Scramjet programs refers to research and testing programs for the development of supersonic combustion ramjets, known as scramjets. This list provides...
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Boeing X-51 Waverider (redirect from X-51A scramjet)
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...
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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...
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The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic flight. It is being developed as a carrier vehicle for hypersonic and long-range...
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Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (category Scramjet-powered aircraft)
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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NASA X-43 (category Scramjet-powered aircraft)
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...
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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...
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Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (category Scramjet-powered aircraft)
Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC, pronounced "hawk") is a scramjet powered hypersonic air-launched cruise missile project at the U.S. Defense...
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Lockheed Martin SR-72 (category Scramjet-powered aircraft)
appropriate engine. The company has been developing the system from the scramjet-powered HTV-3X, which was canceled in 2008. The SR-72 is envisioned with...
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Bussard ramjet (redirect from Bussard scramjet)
The Bussard ramjet is a theoretical method of spacecraft propulsion for interstellar travel. A fast moving spacecraft scoops up hydrogen from the interstellar...
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X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record". www.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on October 31, 2004. Retrieved February 3, 2023. "NASA scramjet smashes...
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BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mark II is a hypersonic scramjet-propelled missile currently under joint development by India's Defence Research and...
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Hy-V (redirect from The Hy-V Scramjet Flight Experiment)
The Hy-V Scramjet Flight Experiment is a research project being led by the University of Virginia, the goal of which is to better understand dual-mode...
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Maneuverability at different speeds G-force effects on fuselage at high speeds Scramjet studies "GLL-8 (GLL-VK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 4 January 2019...
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The 14-X is a Brazilian scramjet engine in development by the Aerothermodynamics and Hypersonics Laboratory Henry T. Nagamatsu of the Institute of Advanced...
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2007-initiated HIFiRE project, which involved the same partners and explored scramjet engine technology and tested the flight dynamics of a Mach-8 hypersonic...
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Rockwell X-30 (category Scramjet-powered aircraft)
Tokyo within two hours". Research suggested a maximum speed of Mach 8 for scramjet-based aircraft, as the vehicle would generate heat due to adiabatic compression...
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Airbreathing jet engine (section Scramjets)
between ramjets and scramjets is that scramjets do not slow the oncoming airflow to subsonic speeds for combustion. Thus, scramjets do not have the diffuser...
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air-breathing jet engine such as a turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, pulse jet, or scramjet. In general, jet engines are internal combustion engines. Air-breathing...
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ASN4G (Air-Sol Nucléaire de 4ème Génération) is a planned French nuclear scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile, studies for which have already begun...
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56 m (1 ft 10 in), and a length of ~10 m (33 ft). It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a test-bed for demonstration of air-breathing...
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as Tsirkon (Russian: Циркон, NATO reporting name: SS-N-33) is a Russian scramjet-powered, nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile. Produced by NPO Mashinostroyeniya...
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possibility of supersonic combustion under flight conditions using two scramjet engines, one designed by The University of Queensland and one designed...
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fuel tank. The liquid hydrogen was to feed a scramjet engine that was flown but not used. The dummy scramjet was mounted on the ventral fin of the X-15A-2...
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called, is a combination propulsion system that consists of a ramjet, scramjet, and ducted rocket, where all three systems use a shared flow path. A TBCC...
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anti-ship cruise missile ASN4G (Air-Sol Nucléaire de 4e Génération) – scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile being developed by France BrahMos-II...
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