GE Aerospace flies hypersonic engine with no moving parts

The ramjet was bolted to an F-104 Starfighter

What has zero moving parts, yet can blast an aerial vehicle to velocities beyond Mach 5? The answer is the recently flight-tested Atmospheric Test of Launched Airbreathing System (ATLAS) powered by a new solid-fueled ramjet built by GE Aerospace.

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