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Adaptive cycle engines could be the next great fighter jet advancement

Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range ...
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New Adaptive Cycle Engine for F-35 Completes Testing, Fighter Stepping Into a New Age

Ever since 2016, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has been looking for a new engine to slap into its fifth-generation F-35 fighter plane. The engine didn’t get to be detailed until 2019, and testing didn’t ...
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Future F-35 Adaptive Cycle Engine Goes Into USAF Testing Facility

Back in late 2020, American defense contractor GE announced the arrival of something it referred to as the “world’s first-ever flight-weight, three-stream adaptive cycle engine.” The unit, which is ...
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GE Begins Industry’s First Adaptive Cycle Engine Tests at Arnold Engineering Development Complex

TULLAHOMA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Air Force and GE on March 25 th initiated Phase 2 testing of GE’s second XA100 adaptive cycle engine at the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development ...