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Revolutionary Turbine Accelerator (RTA) Demonstrator
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EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringAerospace EngineeringDemonstrator EngineSystems EngineeringTurbine TechnologiesAdvanced Turbine TechnologiesAerospace Propulsion SystemsRevolutionary Turbine AcceleratorInstrumentationGas Turbine EngineAccelerator Technology
RTA-1 is a demonstrator engine which is seeking to demonstrate and validate advanced turbine technologies. Its primary objective is to push turbine technologies above existing SOA such that an advanced turbine engine system can be developed / evaluated for Mach 4+ applications through use of an advanced system level ground demonstrator. This demonstrator would allow promising technologies to be validated in an actual engine and provide an in-depth evaluation of the issues associated with operability of a turbine-based propulsion system over a wide Mach range. As such, this project was the USA’s first high Mach turbine engine development program within the past 40 years (last program was the J58 for the SR71).