India’s air defence capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is reportedly investing in ...

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, and Chemical Physics Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 Article Views are the ...

In the wake of World War II, as aviation rocketed into the jet age, Lockheed's Skunk Works developed the Lockheed X-7 - an ...

Unlike many other shells that also do that, this one is powered by a ramjet engine with capabilities that transforms the round into a formidable weapon. Powered by JP-4 and JP-8 diesel fuel ...

A ramjet, on the other hand, turns a shell into a flying machine that is capable of sustained flight throughout most of its trajectory. A ramjet is essentially a jet engine without moving parts.

The Red Wasp program is evaluating how to package a solid fuel ramjet into a RTX FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air defense system to extend the range. The Army Combat... Experiment Packages Stinger ...

"The ramjet cycle thus greatly increases the engine's delivered performance and ... concerns about the feasibility of applying solid fuel ramjet technology to the Stinger form factor," Gibbs ...

outside air enters the combustion chamber through a port at the front of Stinger's solid fuel rocket motor, rather than being stored on board, and ignites the ramjet fuel. "The ramjet cycle thus ...

It is powered by a traditional solid fuel rocket motor -- a self ... does not need to be carried on board. The ramjet cycle thus greatly increases the engine’s delivered performance and ...