As part of the Living Foundries: 1000 Molecules Program, DARPA-funded researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) and biotechnology company Amyris have developed and tested a high-density, low-cost biosynthetic missile fuel: https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/NAWCWD-Amyris-collaborate-develop-test-high-energy-biosynthetic-fuel/Mon-10052020-1256 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA

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