turbojet

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Amael Kotlarski, a weapons analyst at Janes - a defence intelligence company - said that the Hoveyzeh missile has a belly-mounted turbojet and a pair of mid-body wings.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Some previous Ukrainian attacks on Russian air bases involved Soviet-designed drones powered by turbojet engines.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Mr. Breedlove thought he could go faster with help from a jet engine and spent $500 to acquire a surplus J47 turbojet, the same engine used in fighter planes such as the F-86 Sabre.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

And then, Hall testified, flames began to lick at the fuselage of the Cessna Citation turbojet, and Munson gasped, “Fire extinguisher.”

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2018

In 1963 Hobbs was awarded the Collier Trophy for having directed the design and development of the J57 turbojet, the country's first such engine widely used in both military service and air transportation.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.