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ISRO’s scramjet on course

Edit The Hindu 29 Aug 2016
The Indian Space Research Organisation joined an elite club when, on Sunday, it successfully launched a rocket using a scramjet engine that was developed indigenously ... The scramjet engine functioned for around six seconds ... Since the scramjet comes into play only when the rocket goes beyond Mach 5, an engine that initially works at subsonic speed (as a ramjet) and later as a scramjet has to be developed ... Keywords....

Isro to test Scramjet engine with ABPS technology today

Edit The Times of India 28 Aug 2016
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... The launch is scheduled for 6am on Sunday ... A scramjet or supersonic combusting ramjet is an innovative variant of a ramjet air-breathing jet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow. A scramjet relies on high vehicle speed to forcefully compress the incoming air before combustion, but a ramjet decelerates the air to subsonic level, which is less than speed of sound before ignition ... RELATED....

A big triumph for Isro

Edit Deccan Chronicle 28 Aug 2016
What Isro achieved in Sunday’s successful Scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) launch is not just an incremental improvement on its record, but a major advancement that puts it in elite company, with the US, Russia and European Space agency....

ISRO successfully test-fires Scramjet Rocket Engine

Edit The Hindu 28 Aug 2016
ISRO on Sunday successfully test-fired a newly-developed Scramjet Rocket Engine, DDNews reported. The air-breathing propulsion experiment involves its RH-560 rocket fitted with a supersonic combustion ramjet (Scramjet) engine. The test-flight of the indigenously-developed scramjet engine took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 6 a.m., according to news agencies....

ISRO’s Scramjet engine: A great leap for India

Edit DNA India 28 Aug 2016
--> Anil Chopra . Fri, 2 Sep 2016-04.30pm , dna webdesk. Scramjets may be conceptually simple but actual implementation involves complex technical challenges ... However, the Scramjet (Supersonic Combustion Ramjet) has an engine that breathes air and uses high vehicle speed to forcefully compress the incoming air before combustion ... It will have ramjets for slow speed, scramjets for hypersonic speeds and cryogenic beyond the atmosphere ... ....

ISRO to test scramjet engine on Sunday

Edit The Times of India 27 Aug 2016
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... In future it will be used for RLV mission ... A scramjet or supersonic combusting ramjet is an innovative variant of a ramjet air breathing jet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow. A scramjet relies on high vehicle speed to forcefully compress the incoming air before combustion, but a ramjet decelerates the air to subsonic level which is less than speed of sound before ignition ... RELATED....

Air-breather propulsion test on Aug. 28: ISRO

Edit The Hindu 24 Aug 2016
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to conduct air-breathing propulsion experiment using its RH-560 rocket fitted with a supersonic combustion ramjet (Scramjet) engine on August 28 from Sriharikota. According to ISRO Chairman A.S ... Keywords....

China Starts Developing Hybrid Hypersonic Spaceplane

Edit Slashdot 13 Aug 2016
CASTC's rapid research timeline also suggests that the reports in 2015 of a Mach 4 test flight for a recoverable drone testbed for a combined cycle ramjet/turbofan engine were accurate....

Chief Air Force scientist: Tomorrow's drones will be faster, stealthier, and more deadly

Edit Business Insider 08 Aug 2016
Northrop Grumman/EADS Euro Hawk rollout on October 8, 2009 at Palmdale, CA, USA ... “The ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) side will get a lot smarter ... Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy ... W ... edge ... DARPA ... After separating from the booster, the cruiser’s supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, engine then lit and accelerated the aircraft to Mach 5.1 at 60,000 feet,” a previous Air Force Statement explaining the test stated ... ....

Travel in space poised to spread its wings

Edit China Daily 07 Aug 2016
Researchers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology are developing a spacecraft that will be propelled by a combination of turbine engine, ramjet and rocket engine, according to the academy, which is part of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp ... After it reaches a certain speed, the ramjet will be activated to thrust the spacecraft into the stratosphere or to the next layer of the Earth's atmosphere, the mesosphere....

Chinese researchers plan space travel at lower cost for common people

Edit China Daily 02 Aug 2016
The vehicle will integrate air-breathing engines, such as turbine and ramjet engines, and rocket engine, which would allow it to operate as a normal plane in the atmosphere and as a rocket in space ... Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page ... ....

Search holds up ISRO rocket launch

Edit The Hindu 26 Jul 2016
The search for the IAF transport aircraft An-32 has delayed by some days the launch of the RH-560 rocket equipped with a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine for conducting an air-breathing propulsion test ... The naval vessels are also engaged in the search over a big area ... ....

China Lake welcomes UNSECNAV Davidson (NAVAIR - Naval Air Systems Command)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016
Nick Quigley, aerospace engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, talks solid fuel ramjet technology with Dr ... Additional software overviews included the Digital Precision Strike Suite and its flagship product, the Precision Strike Suit for Special Operations Forces, as well as an ongoing solid fuel ramjet project....
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