1965
Beginning in 1965, under a joint effort with the Army to extend the range and endurance of the Bell Rocket Belt, the agency funded development of the WR19 small turbofan by Williams Research. This engine was further developed to power the AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile and BGM-109 Tomahawk.
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