: a jet engine that consists essentially of a hollow tube without mechanical components and depends on the aircraft's speed of flight to compress the air which is supplied to a burner from which hot gases are discharged rearward
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Development of Kub’s then-advanced guidance and revolutionary booster-less solid-fuel ramjet engines took nine years to complete.
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2023
The problem was solved by including a solid-fuel rocket booster inside the engine, which boosts the missile to supersonic speed before being ejected, giving the ramjet the supersonic airflow needed to function.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
The other method is to develop a cruise missile with an air-breathing ramjet motor that can sustain hypersonic speeds while within the atmosphere.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
It will be powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet), a propulsion technology that requires constant supersonic airflow to operate efficiently.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2023
The problem was solved by including a solid-fuel rocket booster inside the engine, which boosts the missile to supersonic speed before being ejected, giving the ramjet the supersonic airflow needed to function.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
The other method is to develop a cruise missile with an air-breathing ramjet motor that can sustain hypersonic speeds while within the atmosphere.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
It will be powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet), a propulsion technology that requires constant supersonic airflow to operate efficiently.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
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ramjet
noun
ram·jet
ˌram-ˌjet 
: a jet engine that depends on the speed of flight for the compression of the air it takes in rather than using a mechanical compressor
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