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Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance will jointly develop a new rocket engine

Washington, USA - BE-4 could replace Russian RD-180 on Atlas V missiles

Blue Origin, company created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, signed a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA, Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint-venture) to develop the rocket engine BE-4. The agreement allows for a full-scale testing in 2016, while first flight will take place in 2019. BE-4 could replace the Russian engine RD-180, currently used on ULA’s Atlas V rockets. Behind this strategy, there i...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1162579
Rome, Italy, 09/18/2014 11:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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