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Air Force Research Laboratory Achieves Record-Setting Hypersonic Ground Test Milestone
August 05, 2019
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news:

By Todd Barhorst

An Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Test Center ground test team set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in Air Force history.

"AFRL, in conjunction with Arnold Engineering Development Complex and Northrop Grumman, achieved over 13,000 pounds of thrust from a scramjet engine during testing . . .

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