GE Tests Second Adaptive XA100 Engine

The heavily instrumented second XA100 adaptive demonstrator began tests on Aug 26.
Credit: GE Aviation
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. Developed by GE’s Edison Works advanced programs unit, the XA100 is one of two experimental...

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