AFRL tests synthetic, carbon-recycling jet fuel

By Shelley K. Mesch / December 12, 2022 at 12:51 PM
The Air Force Research Laboratory and its private partners tested a synthetic jet fuel made from carbon in the air that can be used in existing jet engines, a propellant one of the project leads said could address logistics challenges while providing a carbon-neutral combustible alternative. As part of a one-year fellowship chartered by the Air Force chief of staff, Majs. Nicole Pearl and Cory Staudinger developed Project FIERCE to prototype an alternative fuel source solution, Pearl said in an...

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