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PWR is to complete development RS-68A hydrogen engine

San Jose, California - This week it will deliver third test engine that will be integrated on Delta IV launch vehicle

PWR, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, has almost completed the development of hydrogen engine RS-68A, and has announced that this week it will consign the third test engine destined to be installed on a launch vehicle belonging to Delta IV launch family, projected by Boeing Integrated Defense System. It is a cryogenic engine more powerful than those currently used as propeller for the first stages of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1127948
Rome, Italy, 04/06/2011 16:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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