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Air Force Conducts Successful Altitude Static Test of Aerojet’s (A2S) Motor

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Monday, October 12th, 2009

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GenCorp's Aerojet [GY] and the Air Force successfully conducted a full-scale, full-duration static test of Aerojet's Advanced Second Stage (A2S) motor achieving all test objectives, the company said. Aerojet developed the large solid propellant rocket motor on the Propulsion Application Program (PAP) under contract to the 526th ICBM Systems Group at Hill AFB, Utah. The test was conducted at simulated altitude conditions, essentially zero atmospheric pressure, by the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tenn. The purpose was…

Congress

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