Reaction Engines Pushes Pre-cooler Limits In AFRL-Backed Test

Upgrades to the Reaction Engines’ TF2 test facility cooling system cleared the way for more extreme tests of the company’s heat exchanger.
Credit: Reaction Engines
As part of Reaction Engines’ continuing push to develop its pre-cooler technology for high-Mach aircraft, missiles and space access vehicles, the company has revealed it is midway through a U.S. Air Force-supported test program aimed at dramatically expanding the system’s performance envelope. The...
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