Jet Insight on MSN

America’s self-transforming jet engine, the adaptive cycle breakthrough powering the F-47

The U.S. unveils a next-generation adaptive cycle jet engine that can reconfigure itself in flight, shifting between long-range efficiency and maximum combat thrust on demand. We break down how a ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney to Accelerate Development of XA103 NGAP Engine

Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney will use new digital design technology to accelerate its work on the XA103, its submission for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) ...
Morning Overview on MSN

First look: NGAD F-47 stealth jet may hide like a bomber

The NGAD F-47 is being shaped to do something no American fighter has done before: slip into the battlespace with the radar ...
Flightglobal

USAF advances sixth-generation engine designs from Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace

The US Air Force (USAF) has reached a significant milestone in its effort to develop a sixth-generation jet engine. The service has completed detailed design reviews of two adaptive-cycle engine ...
autoevolution

Pratt & Whitney Clears Review of Adaptive Engine That Will Power America's 6th-Gen Fighter

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 ...
Nature

Adaptive Machining and Reverse Engineering of Aero-Engine Blades

The integration of adaptive machining and reverse engineering has emerged as a pivotal approach in the maintenance and regeneration of aero‐engine blades, components that are critical to both ...