Pratt&Whitney developing new upper stage rocket engine

Pratt&Whitney is developing a new cryogenic upper-stage engine that is intended to double the thrust of its venerable RL10 in a package roughly the same size, the company announced at the Paris Air Show yesterday. Dubbed the RL50, the new engine is to deliver more than 50,000 lbst at the end of a...

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