In the 2020s, the F-35 is being upgraded with the XA100 adaptive engine, a next-generation system using a 3-stream design to increase range by around 30%, improve efficiency, and enhance cooling, ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: This first demonstrator was intended to not just offer an incredible amount of power, but a huge improvement in engine efficiency that can grant greater fuel range ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 8—General Electric has started testing its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the Air Force's Adaptive Engine ...

GE Aviation's XA100 adaptive cycle engine has successfully completed U.S. Air Force testing and is now ready for engineering and manufacturing development as a potential upgrade for the F-35 Lightning ...

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 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—GE said Sept. 7 that it has begun tests of a second, full-scale, flight-weight XA100 three-stream adaptive combat engine, following evaluation of the first prototype earlier this year ...

GE's XA100 for the USAF's AETP from first engine testing in December 2020. AETP will demonstrate adaptive engine technology can be scaled to meet military fighter engine size requirements while ...

EVANDALE, Ohio—GE Aerospace has launched a third series of monthslong ground tests on the XA100 adaptive turbofan engine, a candidate to re-engine the Lockheed Martin F-35 that the U.S. Air Force is ...

Ever since 2016, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has been looking for a new engine to slap into its fifth-generation F-35 fighter plane. The engine didn’t get to be detailed until 2019, and testing didn’t ...

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 ...