In the years following World War II, the American aviation industry and the military anticipated revolutionary changes in flight. The war had been fought largely with aircraft powered by reciprocating ...

China has unveiled a new type of air-breathing engine that could replace today’s turbine-ramjet systems, and reshape how future fighter jets and missiles achieve hypersonic speeds. The so-called ...

The rotating detonation ramjet engine provides a more compact, lightweight design than standard engine designs, and uses a continuous, self-sustaining detonation wave. GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin ...

GE Aerospace reported it successfully demonstrated a hypersonic dual-mode ramjet it said could make possible “high-speed flight and longer range” for multi-mission aircraft. The developer also noted ...