Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney will use new digital design technology to accelerate its work on the XA103, its submission for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) ...

The CFM LEAP-1B engine found in a Boeing 737 MAX costs around US$14 million per engine. Astro Mechanica claims its turboelectric adaptive engines would be significantly less expensive, already ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has reached a significant milestone in its effort to develop a sixth-generation jet engine. The service has completed detailed design reviews of two adaptive-cycle engine ...

Although there are only a handful of fifth-generation military aircraft in operation today, the world's largest powers are already looking to develop even more potent, sixth-gen fighters. In American ...

General Electric's XA100 engine has completed another test milestone. General Electric has announced the completion of a second XA100 adaptive cycle engine test phase in collaboration with the USAF.

Developed by the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, this new engine combines a shape-shifting architecture with a three-stream airflow system, a technical first that could give Chinese aircraft ...

Although reminiscent of the official F-47 renderings, the model in RTX’s video is actually based on a notional design by artist Rodrigo Avella. A new promotional video released by RTX, parent company ...

This year, the Air Force was supposed to award either Boeing or Lockheed-Martin a contract to build a Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) sixth-generation stealth fighter to replace its F-22 Raptor ...

GE Aerospace has finished a fourth round of testing on the XA100 adaptive cycle engine “to gather additional data and advance this next-generation technology for future combat aircraft.” the company ...

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 ...

The U.S. unveils a next-generation adaptive cycle jet engine that can reconfigure itself in flight, shifting between long-range efficiency and maximum combat thrust on demand. We break down how a ...

While Beijing’s domestically produced engines are less advanced and require overhauls more than their US counterparts, the improving quality of Chinese powerplants underscores the urgency of ...