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Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests 24-Hour Turnaround For AR-22 Rocket Engine

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests 24-Hour Turnaround For AR-22 Rocket Engine
The AR-22 engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne during hot-fire testing at NASA Stennis on June 27, 2018. The engine was built for Boeing as part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Experimental Spaceplane program. This new Boeing spaceplane, called Phantom Express, is intended to demonstrate a new paradigm for more routine, responsive and affordable space access. Photo courtesy of NASA.

Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] has successfully tested its AR-22 booster rocket engine’s ability to re-fire 10 times within 10 days, a critical milestone needed for its use on Boeing’s [BA] Phantom Express reusable military space plane launch system, company officials said on Tuesday.The AR-22 was tested June 26-July 10 during which engineers were able to get the turn-around time for the engine down from 17 hours to 6 hours, as officials ready the system for use on Phantom Express demonstration flights…

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