Rocket-Turbine Powerplant Nears Completion
CFD Research Corp. is in final assembly of an advanced, air-breathing powerplant that combines rocket and turbojet engine technologies. Ground tests of the non-flight weight demonstrator are planned by year-end with flight trials possible in 1999. The air turbo-rocket (ATR) cycle, as it is known...
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