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GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have high-tech adaptive engines in development that will be more efficient and perform ...
A Taiwanese air force officer was killed in an accident after being sucked into a fighter jet's engine at an air base on Tuesday, Taiwan's military said in a press releases.
China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” has evolved into a formidable family of stealth fighters, with new variants like the J-20A and ...
A 41-year-old Air Force officer in Taiwan died on 21 January after allegedly being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet during a routine inspection. The incident occurred at the Ching Chuan ...
A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine undergoes accelerated mission testing in Sea Level Test Cell 3 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2021. The F135 is the engine used to power the F-35 Lightning II.
During his speech on the future of Air Force aviation, Trump claimed he wasn't a fan of single-engine jet fighters, noting that it's good to have a backup engine (or three) if one goes out.
The Mirage F1 is a supersonic, single-engine all-weather fighter that can also perform ground attack and reconnaissance roles. It was designed in the late 1960s and saw service in the French air ...
Above is the GE XA100 adaptive engine on the test stand. The 45,000 lbf (200 kN) thrust class engine is expected to be significantly more powerful and efficient than existing low-bypass turbofans. Jet ...
Lethality. The secret new fighter jet must be able to shoot down enemy aircraft, particularly at long range. The Air Force is reportedly developing a new long-range, air-to-air missile, the AIM ...
Meanwhile, orders for its heavily modernized F-15EX twin-engine fighter were downsized from 144 to just 80 by the Air Force—though the 2024 proposed defense budget may see the USAF order tick ...
The Air Force on Monday greatly expanded funding for the prototype engine for the service’s planned sixth-generation fighter.. General Electric of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pratt & Whitney Engines ...
The Air Force’s effort to build a sixth-gen fighter family of systems is known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, and experts say the platform will be asked to do a lot of things.