Ground Tests Validate GE’s Hypersonic Propulsion Concept

close up view of GE’s dual-mode ramjet engine

GE’s dual-mode ramjet will be paired with a rotating detonation combustor in tests later this year.

Credit: GE Aerospace
A few months after being relaunched as an independent company, GE Aerospace now boasts a validated propulsion design that will compete for a projected future class of hypersonic missiles and reusable vehicles. A recent series of ground-rig tests validated the company’s two-year-old concept for a...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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