The U.S. Air Force has not abandoned its program to build an advanced next-generation fighter, but it does need a redesign to get costs under control and better integrate its planned drone wingmen, ...

Although there are only a handful of fifth-generation military aircraft in operation today, the world's largest powers are already looking to develop even more potent, sixth-gen fighters. In American ...

The F-47 is powered by an adaptive cycle engine that can reconfigure itself mid flight, delivering long range efficiency, Mach two performance, and unprecedented electrical power. This breakdown ...

The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important design review, and Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each proceeding to ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, completed the detailed design review of its Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) offering ...

“F-35I has been a key and highly effective leading edge capability across the overall Israeli air campaign at every phase,” said the Royal United Services Institute’s Justin Bronk, looking back on ...

The engine’s expanded budget indicates progress to secure the world’s first-ever sixth-generation fighter is being made. The U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is a work in ...

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory rendering of a sixth-generation fighter. Credit: AFRL DAYTON, Ohio—Following the U.S. Air Force’s decision to cancel the Adaptive Engine Transition Program, pressure ...

Although reminiscent of the official F-47 renderings, the model in RTX’s video is actually based on a notional design by artist Rodrigo Avella. A new promotional video released by RTX, parent company ...

General Electric’s Edison Works business has secured a potential $3.5 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to perform technology maturation and risk reduction services in support of a ...

United Airlines Ventures (UAV), the venture capital arm of United Airlines Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL), has invested in aerospace startup Astro Mechanica to support development of its adaptive ...