ramjet

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Reaching Mach 5 involves the use of a so-called ramjet, which is similar to a traditional jet engine but doesn’t have any moving parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The missile was launched from a B-52 off the West Coast and was powered by a high-technology Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet — a supersonic combustion ramjet used for ultra-high-speed flight.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2022

HCMs use a supersonic combustion ramjet, or “scramjet,” to accelerate.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2020

There’s plenty of hypothetical innovation, too: ramjet fusion machines, antimatter engines and “laser porting” of human connectomes to enable bodiless exploration of the cosmos.

From Nature • Feb. 6, 2018

For the ramjet to work, it needs a frontal scoop hundreds of kilometers across.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan