Nature

Variable Cycle Engine Design and Performance Optimization

Variable cycle engine design embodies a transformative approach in aero‐propulsion, enabling engines to adapt their thermodynamic cycle to meet diverse operational demands, from fuel efficiency to ...
Ainonline.com

With the Adaptive-cycle Engine, 'The Great Engine War' Resumes

GE and Pratt & Whitney are fighting for a place on the USAF Next Generation Air Dominance fighter. GE built the XA100 engine under the Adaptive Engine Transition Program. This engine would form the ...
The Asia Live

AMCA Mk2 to Future Heavy Variant: Safran’s 140 kN Engine Confirmation Reshapes India’s Fifth-Generation Fighter Ambitions

India’s long quest to build a fully indigenous, world-class fighter aircraft ecosystem has crossed a decisive milestone, with ...
autoevolution

XA100 Adaptive Cycle Engine Is the F-35's Next High-Thrust Combat Heart

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is one of the few fifth-generation military aircraft currently in operation. Compared with all the others still flying in the world, it’s a true junior, having ...
autoevolution

Adaptive Cycle Engine for Fighter Aircraft Might Forever Change Aerial Combat

For years now the U.S. military has been looking for the next-generation fighter aircraft, the one that will keep America at the top of the list for aerial supremacy. Next Generation Air Dominance ...
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Why The US Air Force Raised Contracts For GE, Pratt & Whitney NGAP Fighter Jet Engines To $3.5 Billion Each

Recent updates from the United States Air Force (USAF) regarding the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) fighter jet engines have shown a considerable jump in funding for each contractor of the ...
Flying

GE Aviation Concludes Testing F-35 Adaptive Cycle Engine Prototype

GE Aviation’s (NYSE: GE) XA100 adaptive cycle engine is ready to progress from prototype into development following testing with the U.S. Air Force, according to the manufacturer. The XA100, along ...
Aviation Week

China Steps Up Adaptive Combat Engine Research

China is studying adaptive technology to go beyond its current-generation military engines, such as this WS-10. Credit: Steve Trimble/AW&ST As the U.S. dithers over introducing adaptive propulsion ...
Flightglobal

GE Aviation finishes testing on first XA100 adaptive cycle engine

GE Aviation has wrapped up testing on its first XA100 prototype, an adaptive cycle engine. An adaptive cycle engine is a novel turbine that can change air flow through three different air streams, ...
Business Wire

GE Initiates Testing on Second XA100 Adaptive Cycle Engine

EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE has initiated testing on its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). Testing began on August ...
Defense News

GE adaptive engine for F-35 finishes testing, preps for new phase

GE Aviation said its XA100 adaptive engine, part of the Adaptive Engine Transition Program, has finished testing at Arnold Air Force Base and is ready to move to the engineering and manufacturing ...
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GE Initiates Testing on Second XA100 Adaptive Cycle Engine

EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE has initiated testing on its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). Testing began on August ...