Türkiye enters supersonic era as DeltaV ignites indigenous Ramjet in flight PHOTO / VIDEO

Türkiye has crossed a major technological threshold in high-speed, air-breathing propulsion, after a domestically developed ramjet engine was successfully ignited in flight during trials at the Sinop Test Centre.

The breakthrough, achieved by DeltaV Uzay Teknolojileri with support from the Defence Industry Agency (SSB), opens the way for a new generation of long-range, supersonic air-to-air missiles capable of operating near the hypersonic regime, Caliber.Az reports, citing Turkish media.

Haluk Görgün, president of SSB, said the test represented “a strategic milestone for the high-speed, air-breathing propulsion systems that will underpin Türkiye’s future supersonic flight platforms.”

According to Görgün, Türkiye is now among the few nations able to develop both solid-fuel and liquid-fuel ramjet engines—a group currently limited to Türkiye, India, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and China.

The programme has made extensive use of Türkiye’s first Trisonic Wind Tunnel, where aerodynamic and combustion trials were completed.

🇹🇷🚀 DeltaV Uzay Teknolojileri tarafından geliştirilen yerli ramjet motoru, Sinop Test Merkezi’nde yapılan denemede havada başarıyla ateşlendi.

🔗 Detaylar: https://t.co/sc02stAwUk pic.twitter.com/iZOkS5uELh

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Enhanced GÖKHAN missile performance

The adoption of liquid-fuel ramjet propulsion will extend the range and engagement envelope of the GÖKHAN air-to-air missile, enabling faster time-to-target and a significantly expanded “no-escape zone”, reducing an adversary aircraft’s chances of evasion.

400 km supersonic missile under development

The progress places Türkiye on track to field a supersonic air-to-air missile with an estimated range of 400 km. The new weapon is expected to:

Operate at sustained supersonic speeds, approach the lower edge of hypersonic performance, and strengthen Türkiye’s air-superiority capabilities.

Work is already shifting towards SCRAMJET propulsion, supporting flight at speeds above Mach 5.

DeltaV: Commitment to technological sovereignty

DeltaV said the in-flight ignition of the indigenous ramjet engine reflected “an agile and innovative engineering approach,” adding that the company would continue contributing to Türkiye’s defence, aerospace and space ambitions.

By Aghakazim Guliyev