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Pratt & Whitney gets new contract to resolve F135 engine issues

RTX Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney Military Engines division in East Hartford, Connecticut, has been awarded a $54 million order to perform engineering work on the F135, the engine th...

Pentagon spends $241 million upgrading F-35’s engine

The engine maker behind America’s most advanced fighter jet just got a quarter-billion-dollar boost to fix problems with that engine and make it more powerful. Pratt & Whitney,...

Pratt & Whitney Secures $241M Modification for F135 Engine Core Upgrade

The modification supports moving the engine core upgrade into the engineering and manufacturing development phases.

F-16’s AVEN Thrust Vectoring Nozzle Integrated with X-BAT’s F110-GE-129 Engine

In a critical milestone towards the first flight later this year, Shield AI and GE Aerospace integrated the X-BAT with the AVEN thrust vectoring system which was tested in the 1990...

Stealth Fighter, Bigger Engine: Rolls-Royce Pitches 145kN Upgrade For AMCA

Rolls-Royce, in partnership with Reliance Industries, has pitched a 120kN-class indigenous engine for India’s AMCA stealth fighter, with a planned upgrade path to 145kN wet thrust...

Sukhoi Su-57 Breaks Speed And Stealth Barriers With AL-51F1 Turbofan Powers The Jet Beyond Enemy Missile Reach

The AL-51F1 engine has been described as a transformative upgrade for the Su-57 fighter, enabling it to evade both air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles even when directly visible...

GE Aerospace, Kratos win JASSM engine development deal

The U.S. Air Force has designated a new turbofan engine built by GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions as the F143-ZZ-100 and awarded the companies a contract to...

GE’s F404 Engine Production Struggles Threaten TEJAS MK-1A Delivery Momentum

General Electric has invested in a dedicated production line for the F404‑IN20 turbofan engine, a variant designed specifically for India’s Light Combat Aircraft TEJAS.With India b...

RTX secures $42 million F-35 engine contract

Collins Aerospace completes altitude testing for F-35 cooling system

Collins Aerospace has completed altitude testing of its next-generation power and thermal management system for the F-35, the company announced August 24. The Enhanced Power and Co...

TEJAS MK-1A Program Gains Momentum As HAL Receives 3 More GE-F404 Engines; Total Deliveries Reach 10

India’s TEJAS MK-1A fighter program has received a significant boost with GE Aerospace delivering three additional F404‑IN20 engines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. This latest c...

Seventh TEJAS MK-1A Engine Clears Quality Checks As Sixth Unit’s Snag Rectified Swiftly

The TEJAS MK-1A program has registered a positive development with the seventh GE F404-IN20 engine successfully clearing user acceptance quality checks. This marks a cruci...

GE’s T901 Engine Clears Preliminary Flight Rating for UH-60 Black Hawk

The next-generation T901, developed as part of the ITEP program, cleared the Preliminary Flight Rating and will now proceed toward full airworthiness qualification testing. The T90...

Indigenous Advanced High Thrust Class Engine Propels India Into Fifth-Generation League

The indigenous development of an advanced high thrust class engine represents a major stride in India’s aerospace self-reliance. The initiative is built on co-design and co-develop...

USMC VMFA-115 Sets Stage for Reactivation with First F-35C Flight

After being disbanded in November 2023 following the last flight with legacy F/A-18C/D Hornets, VMFA-115 is preparing for the reactivation later this year as an F-35C squadron. The...

Full Tech Transfer, Zero Strings: Rolls-Royce Once Again Re-Engines India’s Stealth Fighter Ambitions

India is now evaluating a major proposal from British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce that could reshape its Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program, News18 reported.The offer i...

US Air Force adds GE-Kratos F143 as second engine source for JASSM

The GEK800 turbofan, jointly developed by GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has been assigned the… The post US Air Force adds GE-Kratos F143 as second engin...

Safran Suspends FCAS Engine To Prioritise M88 T-REX For Rafale F5

Safran has officially suspended its role in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) engine project, redirecting all resources to the M88 T-REX engine for the Rafale-F5, ePlaneAI report...

Engines Arrive For TEJAS MK-1A But Radar And EW Delays Loom

HAL has received multiple GE F404-IN20 engines for the TEJAS MK-1A, clearing a major supply bottleneck, but integration of the Israeli AESA radar and the electronic warfare suite c...

US Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected safely

San Diego, Aug 01: The US Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California. The jet went down...

TEJAS Production Surge — HAL Targets 30 TEJAS MK-1As Annually with GE Engine Backing

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is preparing to raise the annual production of the TEJAS MK-1A fighter jet to 30 aircraft, The Week reported.This marks a significant increase in capa...

New engine for Black Hawk, Apache moves toward production

The U.S. Army has opened a Sources Sought notice for production of the T901-GE-900 turboshaft engine, the next-generation powerplant set to replace the T700 series across the servi...

Fighter Wing Trains to Keep F-35s in the Fight

Airmen assigned to the 187th Fighter Wing, known as the Red Tails, trained to generate and sustain F-35A Lightning II combat airpower under pressure during Operation Tuskegee Thund...

Fireball Near Miramar: US marine corps F-35 crashes in California

ALBAWABA — An F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter crashed Friday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California...