Carbon-ceramic composites refer to a special class of carbon based materials which cover the main drawbacks of carbon, particularly its proneness to air oxidation, while essentially retaining its outstanding properites. In the present paper, the authors report the results of a sysytematric study made towards the delveopment of C-Si-B₄C coposites, which involves the effects of compositinal parameters, namely, carbon-to-ceramic and ceramic-to-ceramic rations,om the oxidation behaviors as well as dther characteristics of these composites.