In the near-ish future, Brooke intends to build an experimental airframe powered by four Astro Mechanica turboelectric adaptive jet engines and two GE CT7 engines and flying non-stop-supersonic from ...

Developed by the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, this new engine combines a shape-shifting architecture with a three-stream airflow system, a technical first that could give Chinese aircraft ...

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Adaptive cycle engines combine the high-bypass efficiency of subsonic turbofans with the high-thrust capability of low-bypass systems by varying their internal airflow paths and pressure ratios in ...

Although there are only a handful of fifth-generation military aircraft in operation today, the world's largest powers are already looking to develop even more potent, sixth-gen fighters. In American ...

Pratt & Whitney and General Electric completed the Assembly Readiness Reviews of XA103 and XA102 engines, activating their supply chains to prepare for the assembly of the physical NGAP engines. The ...

RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has started fabricating its XA103 prototype under the US Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion programme, incorporating advances in materials, fan technology ...