Russia shows off supersonic combusting ramjet engine at airshow and expects hypersonic cruise missile around 2021

Russia has made and is showing a supersonic combustion ramjet engine that is intended for their hypersonic missies.

An operational module of the supersonic combusting ramjet will be shown at the MAKS 2015 airshow.

Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) is one of the world leader’s in developing supersonic combusting ramjets.

A prototype BrahMos-II hypersonic cruise missile, currently under joint development by Russia and India, may be created in six to seven years, head of Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace enterprise Sudhir Mishra said Tuesday.

SOURCES – Sputnik News, Wikipedia