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		MichaelCollins on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rolls Royce Ends Boom Supersonic Partnership Safran's M88 should be sufficient for Boom's 1/3rd scale demonstrator I think? Then at least they'd have something to show other manufacturers and investors.

apendleton on Sept 9, 2022 | [–]

At least as of last public discussion, the plan was to use off-the-shelf GE J85s for the demonstrator.

frozencell on Sept 9, 2022 | [–]

We are talking about economic war, FCPA, not "French cheese eating surrender monkeys".

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