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Advanced Fighter Engines Pass Design Review. Now Comes Fabrication Stage

Feb. 20, 2025 | By John A. Tirpak
Engines from GE Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney have cleared the Air Force’s “Detailed Design Reviews” for the Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion program, paving the way for the engine-makers to build prototype ground demonstrators, the two companies announced separately. The...

Pentagon Hands Out $7 Billion for NGAP; RTX Sees ‘Tailwind’ for Military Propulsion

Jan. 28, 2025 | By John A. Tirpak
GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney received matching $3.5 billion contracts to prototype their versions of the Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion engine this week, and the CEO of Pratt’s parent company, RTX, said things are looking up for the military engine business, even if the platform ...

Faced with New and Growing Demands, Military Propulsion Needs More Support: Experts

Sept. 25, 2024 | By John A. Tirpak
There are a lot of new demands on the government-industry propulsion enterprise—ranging from exquisite new fighter engines to cheap, off-the-shelf powerplants for drones—that will require sustained support, experts said.

Air Force Wants $1.3 Billion to Finish Design for New Fighter Engine

April 5, 2024 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force wants to spend $1.3 billion to finish designing two competitive engines to power the Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter, budget documents show. They say the designs are well along, and the timing of the request indicates production could begin by 2028.

Air Force Propulsion Czar: NGAD Engines Will Have Different Size, Similar Tech to AETP

Aug. 2, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The engines for the hyper-secret Next Generation Air Dominance fighter will be a different size than the adaptive engines developed for an F-35 upgrade, but many of the technologies will “port over” to the new powerplant, the Air Force’s propulsion czar told reporters Aug. 1.

Air Force Skips AETP Engines for F-35, Presses on with NGAP

March 14, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force couldn't find a place for Adaptive Engine Technology Program powerplants on the F-35 in its fiscal 2024 budget request, opting to harvest what it can from its $4 billion investment and press on to the Next-Generation Advanced Propulsion program.
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