U.S. Air Force Engine Development Is Focusing Solely On NGAD

GE’s XA101 engine prototype

GE’s XA101 engine prototype is one of two for the Lockheed Martin F-35A, but the Air Force does not plan to continue the reengining program.

Credit: GE
The U.S. Air Force is recentering its Adaptive Engine Transition Program from the Lockheed Martin F-35 integration and toward engines for the Next-Generation Air Dominance platform, aiming to avoid what the service’s leader said could be a waste of hundreds of millions of congressionally mandated...

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