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Boeing, Nammo Successfully Test Ramjet 155 Long-Range Artillery Weapon

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 11th, 2022

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Boeing, Nammo Successfully Test Ramjet 155 Long-Range Artillery Weapon

Boeing and Nammo's Ramjet 155. Photo: Boeing.

Boeing [BA] and Norwegian defense firm Nammo have announced a successful test of its Ramjet 155 projectile weapon, which the two companies developed for the Army’s program to find new long-range artillery solutions. During the June 28 test at the Andøya Test Center in Norway, Boeing and Nammo said the Ramjet 155 weapon was fired out a cannon, with the ramjet engine igniting successfully and achieving flight stability “with a well-controlled engine combustion process.” “We have great confidence in the…

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