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An air-breathing, propulsion-assisted projectile designed to be rocket or gun launched and capable of accelerating to hypersonic velocities includes a body having an encompassing cowl, an air compression section, an engine assembly located adjacent the air compression section, and a nozzle section l

An air-breathing, propulsion-assisted projectile designed to be rocket or gun launched and capable of accelerating to hypersonic velocities includes a body having an encompassing cowl, an air compression section, an engine assembly located adjacent the air compression section, and a nozzle section located adjacent the engine assembly. The engine assembly includes apparatus for fuel storage and delivery to a combustion region. The rear end portion of the cowl is configured to direct the exiting combusted air-and-fuel mixture over the nozzle section of the body.

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An airbreathing propulsion assisted gun-launched projectile, comprising: a body having an internal flowpath with a fixed geometry, said flowpath including an inlet having a contraction ratio greater than one, an isolator, a combustor and an internal nozzle, said flowpath enabling operation of the pr

An airbreathing propulsion assisted gun-launched projectile, comprising: a body having an internal flowpath with a fixed geometry, said flowpath including an inlet having a contraction ratio greater than one, an isolator, a combustor and an internal nozzle, said flowpath enabling operation of the projectile in a ramjet mode, a scramjet mode or a combination of ramjet and scramjet modes.