U.S. Air Force Engine Development Is Focusing Solely On NGAD

Brian Everstine August 04, 2023
GE’s XA101 engine prototype

GE’s XA101 engine prototype is one of two for the Lockheed Martin F-35A, but the Air Force does not plan to continue the reengining program.

Credit: GE
The U.S. Air Force is recentering its Adaptive Engine Transition Program from the Lockheed Martin F-35 integration and toward engines for the Next-Generation Air Dominance platform, aiming to avoid what the service’s leader said could be a waste of hundreds of millions of congressionally mandated...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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