Saab Performs Fast Jet Flight With Biofuel

Credit: Gripen: Saab
LONDON—Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab has carried out a successful flight test of its JAS-39 Gripen fighter run on rapeseed oil-based biofuel. The company performed the flight trial on March 28 with a fuel called CHCJ-5 (Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion-to-Jet). It is produced by the U.S...

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