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The Battlefield Surveillance Aircraft Experimental, as it was also known, was powered by twin Garrett ATF3-6 high-bypass turbofans.

Overexpression of ATF3 therefore leads to a significantly reduced migration capacity and induction of tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases.