APL developing air-breathing engine for hypersonic missiles
An engineering team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is perfecting an air-breathing engine capable of propelling hypersonic missiles at speeds up to 4,700 mph. The dual-combustor ramjet (DCR) engine is being developed in support of the Navy's Hypersonic Weapon...
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