Sun, May 02, 2010
Goal Is To Develop NASA's New Rocket Engines
Aerojet and Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) announced Friday
that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to
compete for research, development and production on NASA's new
hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper stage engine. This expands
the very successful teamwork that Aerojet and FTT have underway on
the U.S. Air Force Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator (HBTD)
and Upper Stage Engine Technology (USET) programs.
The HBTD program is developing key, high-impact components and
enabling technology for a world-class hydrocarbon engine. Aerojet
and FTT will provide the innovation to expand this effort into a
comprehensive engine development program that provides
transformational propulsion capability for NASA, DoD and commercial
launch vehicles. In 2007, Aerojet and FTT competed and won the HBTD
program which is the only U.S. engine development program working
on an advanced rocket engine cycle.
"NASA's plans for innovative propulsion R&D on a new
hydrocarbon engine are critical to America's leadership in space
launch," said Aerojet CEO Scott Seymour. "Winning the opportunity
to work on these new NASA investments will allow Aerojet and FTT to
expand and employ a whole new generation of engineers and
scientists in developing the world's best hydrocarbon engine - and
then to produce these engines in a new facility located in the
United States. Aerojet is excited about joining in a strategic
partnership with the innovative professionals at FTT to compete for
and win this very important work."
"We look forward to growing our relationship with Aerojet, and
the opportunity to build on our Air Force hydrocarbon engine
technology with NASA," said FTT CEO Shirley Brostmeyer. "We are
also proud of the opportunity to help build new high technology
R&D engineering and manufacturing positions within the state of
Florida."
More News
Airbus Racer Demonstrator Makes Inaugural Flight Airbus Helicopters' ambitious Racer demonstrator has achieved its inaugural flight as part of the Clean Sky 2 initiative, a corners>[...]
A little Bit Quieter, Said Testers, But in the End it's Still a DA40 Diamond Aircraft recently completed a little pilot project with Lufthansa Aviation Training, putting a pair of >[...]
Line Up And Wait (LUAW) Used by ATC to inform a pilot to taxi onto the departure runway to line up and wait. It is not authorization for takeoff. It is used when takeoff clearance >[...]
Contributing To The Accident Was The Pilot’s Use Of Methamphetamine... Analysis: The pilot departed on a local flight to perform low-altitude maneuvers in a nearby desert val>[...]
From 2015 (YouTube Version): Overcoming Obstacles To Achieve Their Dreams… At EAA AirVenture 2015, FedEx arrived with one of their Airbus freight-hauling aircraft and placed>[...]
Airbus Racer Helicopter Demonstrator First Flight Part of Clean Sky 2 Initiative
See All