🚀 Turbojet, Ramjet, Scramjet – How We Push the Speed Limits in Aviation ✈️ Ever wondered how engineers make aircraft go faster and faster? It all comes down to the engine: Turbojet: Uses compressors and turbines to pressurize incoming air. Combustion happens at subsonic speeds. Works well across many speeds but struggles at extreme velocities. Ramjet: No moving compressors. The aircraft’s speed and shock waves slow air to subsonic speeds for stable combustion. Efficient above Mach 3, but can’t

DRDO India successfully demonstrates the #hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle. Read here: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1651956 | Press Information Bureau - PIB, Government of India

199K views · 2K reactions | DRDO scientists have successfully completed a long-duration ground test of a full-scale scramjet engine, a critical step toward Mach 5+ hypersonic flight.  A powerful showcase of India’s innovation, expertise, and growing leadership in advanced aerospace technology. | Indian Defence Times | Facebook

The X-43A was a small, unmanned test aircraft built by NASA with one goal: to achieve incredible speed. Part of the Hyper-X program, it aimed to prove that a scramjet could operate in real flight, not just inside a wind tunnel. Rather than launching from a runway, the X-43A was carried to high altitude by a B-52, then boosted by a Pegasus rocket to several thousand miles per hour. Only after the booster separated did its scramjet engine ignite. Unlike conventional rockets, the scramjet didn’t ca