How to Use air-breathing in a Sentence
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The Hypersleigh appeared to use an air-breathing scramjet engine.
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Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
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China has unveiled a new type of air-breathing engine that could replace today’s turbine-ramjet systems, and reshape how future fighter jets and missiles achieve hypersonic speeds.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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The design may be decades old, but the diesel-electric submarine’s hybrid approach continues to prove that even air-breathing engines can support long-duration operations beneath the sea.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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L3Harris is pursuing an air-breathing ramjet design intended to improve fuel efficiency and extend engagement distances.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2026
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The key difference is that an HGV is accelerated by a rocket before gliding toward its target, while an HCM uses an air-breathing engine to sustain hypersonic flight.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2026
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