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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARNBOROUGH—With ongoing ground tests of the General Electric XA100 adaptive cycle combat engine set to end soon, the engine-maker is studying how the advanced propulsion system—proposed for the ...

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 ...

GE Aviation has completed initial test runs of the first full-scale XA100 three-stream adaptive combat engine, marking the start of a new chapter in U.S. military turbine engine development and paving ...

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 ...

TULLAHOMA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Air Force and GE on March 25 th initiated Phase 2 testing of GE’s second XA100 adaptive cycle engine at the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development ...

The XA100 is the world’s first flight-weight, three-stream, adaptive cycle engine to run, and could power F-35s by the end of the 2020s. The F-35A will likely get a new adaptive cycle engine by the ...