Collaborative Combat Aircraft Surge Drives New Engine Concepts

GE CCA engine

GE intends to reduce redundancy and complexity to deliver a CCA engine as quickly as possible.

Credit: GE Aerospace
Activity is burgeoning in a long-neglected portion of the turbofan engine sector with the rise of a new category of jet-powered, autonomous warplanes. In the past month, the U.S.' GE Aerospace, South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace and Germany’s MTU have revealed plans to offer new propulsion systems...
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