USAF Seeks To Bolster RL10 Redundancy
Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Air Force are discussing ways the engine maker can differentiate versions of the venerable RL10 cryogenic engine used in the upper stages of the new Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, so if one fails, the military could use the other to launch satellites. Lockheed Martin's...
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