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Re: Bubble Tea post# 5502

Saturday, 10/29/2011 1:51:54 PM

Saturday, October 29, 2011 1:51:54 PM

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BT:I guess they had to redesign the common rail pump

On December 9th, AFTC announced that they have been competitively selected for negotiation and possible award by the U.S. Army for a Phase 2 SBIR project. The project is valued at $730,000.

The Phase 2 project is an extension of a successful Phase 1 project where AFT identified a significant wear problem on a commercial diesel common rail fuel injection system running on JP-8 jet fuel. The Army uses JP-8 jet fuel in all of its diesel applications for logistics reasons.

In the Phase 2 project, AFT will redesign the commercial diesel common rail pump to lower wear to acceptable levels. To accomplish this goal, AFT will apply materials technology and other lessons learned during the development of their well known DME common rail fuel system.