Engineers at Aerojet Rocketdyne have repeatedly fired a 5,000-lb.-thrust LOX/kerosene engine fabricated from three components built up with additive manufacturing techniques. The hot-fire tests of ...

The 5,000-lb.-thrust-class engine will first be built at the Ufa Engine Building Assn., before transitioning to India for license production around 2010. Flight acceptance tests are slated for mid ...