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Images are from the 2012 New Atlas article ORBITEC flight tests new vortex liquid fuel rocket engine. One looks a bit like a US military or DoD logo, one perhaps is ATK, but I'm not sure. Is this effort a joint research project between all of these organizations?

Related question: Are there any complications of the position of the oxidizer injector on Orbitec's vortex rocket engine?

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above: "The Garvey Prospector P-15 on the launch rail prior to launch" from here.

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above: "Liftoff of the ORBITEC/Garvey Prospector P-15" from here.

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I found a higher res picture which let me ID the logos.

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The top "patch" is the Air Force Research Lab insignia.

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Then Orbitec, then Garvey Spacecraft Corporation, then, as you said, ATK (ATK logo apparently predates the merger with Orbital).

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    $\begingroup$ Sorry to accept before you're even finished posting, but this one looks like a slam-dunk to me. I didn't realize that the Orbital ATK was only about two years ago. $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    May 21, 2017 at 16:34

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