Japanese Engine Not AEHF Issue: USAF Official

Amy Butler November 12, 2010
U.S. Air Force officials have ruled out the Japanese-made liquid apogee engine (LAE) as the culprit for the failure of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite to reach orbit as expected, says Erin Conaton, undersecretary of the Air Force. The IHI model BT-4 LAE failed twice to...

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