Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Printed Rocket Engine

Engineers at Aerojet Rocketdyne have repeatedly fired a 5,000-lb.-thrust LOX/kerosene engine fabricated from three components built up with additive manufacturing techniques. The hot-fire tests of the engine, dubbed “Baby Bantam” because it is derived from the company’s Bantam family of engines with...

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