China is developing a revolutionary air-breathing engine for next-generation fighter jets and hypersonic missiles.
Designed to operate continuously from a stationary start-up to over Mach 6, the “contra-rotary ramjet engine” could replace the combined turbine-ramjet systems currently used in high-speed flight.
After more than three decades of work, the engine prototype has been completed and experimentally verified, marking a potential step towards engineering applications.
The next steps…
From Mach 0 to 6: this engine may power China’s future fighter jets and missiles
