A future hypersonic vehicle could be powered by GE's proposed turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system, featuring a high-Mach turbofan, a rotating detonation combustor and a dual-mode ramjet.
Credit: GE Aerospace
NISKAYUNA, New York—General Electric says it has demonstrated a sustained rotating combustion process in a supersonic air flow through a dual-mode ramjet during a ground rig test for the first time. The feat clears a key technical hurdle in a three-year campaign to prove the feasibility of a turbine...
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