Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range ...

“Full technology transfer in fighter jet engines is like handing over the crown jewels of aerospace engineering,” one top Indian defense official said last year. That crown is now in India’s hands.

Sep. 8—General Electric has started testing its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the Air Force's Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). Testing began on Aug. 26 at GE's Evendale ...

Images of the proposed platform released by airframers indicate that the partners appear to agree on the need for an adaptive- or variable-cycle engine. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space The ...

The US Air Force (USAF) supports upgrading the propulsion system on its existing Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters, rather than purchasing an entirely new adaptive engine for the jets. The ...

GE Aviation has wrapped up testing on its first XA100 prototype, an adaptive cycle engine. An adaptive cycle engine is a novel turbine that can change air flow through three different air streams, ...

Details of the operating cycles of the new-generation adaptive engines remain sparse, but the key difference between the GE XA100/P&W XA101 and earlier variable-cycle concepts such as GE’s XF120 from ...

General Electric has started testing its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). Testing began on Aug. 26 at GE’s Evendale altitude ...