What does SCRAM stand for?

Supersonic Combustion Ramjet

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The latest supersonic combustion ramjets, called scramjets, burn air for fuel, and could one day carry people to space or around the world in a matter of hours.

Ultra fast "Scramjets" can be effectively guided by new control ...

The so-called Supersonic Combustion Ramjet - or scramjet - engine was designed to travel at speeds of up to 5,000 mph, or 10 times the speed of conventional aircraft.

Revolutionary jet takes off

Byline: Seattle Times staff and news services The 12-foot-long X-43A supersonic combustion ramjet flew at about Mach 9.

Across the Nation

Scramjets, also known as supersonic combustion ramjets, can theoretically halve payload weights by carrying only fuel - such as liquid hydrogen - rather than both the fuel and oxygen carried by traditional rockets.

Hi-tech jet tests prove a success

A rocket carrying the "scramjet" - short for supersonic combustion ramjet - went off course as it flew 196 miles above the Earth.

Scramjet flight fails

The experimental scramjet - supersonic combustion ramjet - is being tested in a $230 million program to develop technology for possible use in future space launch vehicles and for high-speed military and civilian aircraft.

NASA'S X-43 HITS MACH 7 SCRAMJET-POWERED CRAFT PERFORMED ...

The X-43 program is testing an ultra-high-speed, ultra-high-altitude jet engine called a scramjet - supersonic combustion ramjet - that could be used in future space launch vehicles and for high-speed military and civilian aircraft.

GEARING UP FOR MOON TRIP NASA SLATES EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT TESTS

The plane, resembling a boogie board with twin tail fins, will be propelled by a supersonic combustion ramjet engine--a "scramjet," essentially a rectangular copper box mounted to the belly.

U.S. hoping May flight will exceed 5,000 mph