The added bypass stream is highlighted in blue in the XA100 (top), a forerunner of GE’s XA102. Pratt & Whitney’s XA103 (bottom)—sized for the Boeing F-47—is slightly smaller than its XA101 predecessor.
Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST and Pratt & Whitney
As GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney prepare to assemble the first variable-cycle combat engines under the Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion program, the U.S. Air Force has revealed it is also studying nonafterburning derivatives of the concept for supporting mission roles. The move would broaden...
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