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Air Force Taps Ursa Major To Integrate Tactical Flight Demonstrator For Hypersonic Uses

Air Force Taps Ursa Major To Integrate Tactical Flight Demonstrator For Hypersonic Uses
Artist's rendering of Ursa Major tactical missile powered by the company's Draper liquid rocket engine. Image: Ursa Major

The Air Force Research Laboratory last Thursday awarded Ursa Major a $28.6 million contract to serve as the integrator of a tactical flight demonstrator that will be powered by the company’s Draper liquid rocket engine, which is safely storable like a solid rocket motor but provides the flexible capabilities and range of liquid engines. The Colorado-based startup is working toward an initial flight test later this year, Ben Nicholson, Ursa Major’s chief growth officer, told Defense Daily last Friday. It…

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