Altex and its partners will design, fabricate, test, and assess the performance of a greater than 1 barrel per day process to produce synthetic JP-8 jet fuel. The process combines lower temperature fast pyrolysis and the production of a targeted intermediate that can be converted to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel at a lower cost than gasification/Fischer-Tropsch methods. The system will be tested utilizing low-rank U.S. mined coal (lignite and/or subbituminous) and lignocellulosic biomass in ratios between 51% and 85% coal by higher heating value (HHV). The product will be sent to third parties for testing compliance with key military jet fuel specifications.