A BQM-34 target drone fires an SFIRR engine-powered technology demonstrator during an undated test.
Credit: U.S. Navy
A U.S. Navy flight test announcement revealed work is underway to revive a decades-old concept to miniaturize missiles by combining an air-breathing ramjet with a solid fuel rocket. The test launched a Solid Fuel Integral-Rocket Ramjet (SFIRR) demonstrator from a Northrop Grumman BQM-34 Firebee...
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