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Aerojet completed the AR1's Critical Design Review (CDR) in May 2017. [19] In February 2018, Aerojet began negotiating with the U.S. Air Force to reduce the company's financial contribution to the development of the AR1 engine to one-sixth of the costs (from a previously agreed one-third).
Aerojet believed that the AR-1 could replace the RD-180 in the US Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle fleet, and that it would be more affordable. [11] On 21 August 2014, the U.S. Air Force released an official request for information (RFI) for a replacement for the RD-180. The RFI seeks information on "booster propulsion and/or launch system ...
AJ10 (Aerozine 50/N 2 O 4) – Second stage engine for the Delta II, used as the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) engine for the Space Shuttle, and the main engine for the European Orion Service Module. AR1 (RP-1/LOX) – A proposed 500,000-pound-force-class (2,200 kN) thrust RP-1/LOX oxidizer-rich staged combustion cycle engine. [35]
AR-1 (multiple rocket launcher) Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1, a rocket engine; Alba AR1, an experimental racing car; Archaerhodopsin-1, a photoreceptor; Arkansas's 1st congressional district; Arkansas Highway 1; ArmaLite AR-1, a bolt-action rifle manufactured by ArmaLite; IPCC First Assessment Report; USS Medusa (AR-1), a repair ship of the United ...
The original USAF contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR) to advance development of the AR1 engine was US$536 million, [43] but by June 2018, the USAF had decreased its contribution—5/6ths of the total cost—to US$294 million. ARR put no additional private funds into effort after early 2018.
This section duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically List of active United States military aircraft#Air Force. Please discuss this issue and help introduce a summary style to the section by replacing the section with a link and a summary or by splitting the content into a new article.
Model number Odd numbers for the United States Air Force and even numbers for the United States Navy. For example, the TF39-GE-1C is a Turbofan built by General Electric and was an Air Force model, which has powered the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and the Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-414A is a turbofan built by Pratt & Whitney and was a Navy model, which has powered the Grumman F-14A Tomcat.
The General Electric XA102 is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by General Electric (GE). It is competing with the Pratt & Whitney XA103 as the powerplant for the United States Air Force's sixth generation fighter program, the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).