As reusable hypersonic propulsion rises up the list of U.S. Defense Department priorities, Pratt & Whitney now confirms it is working on a secretive development program.

The program called Metacomet is aimed at solving the problem of fielding high-speed, reusable propulsion systems at low cost.

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