Propulsion supplier Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has begun assembling a prototype engine that could eventually power the US military’s next-generation tactical aircraft. The RTX subsidiary is under contract ...

Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney will use new digital design technology to accelerate its work on the XA103, its submission for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) ...

“It’s like a transforming engine — literally,” explained David Tweedie, GE Edison Works general manager for advanced combat engines, of the XA100 powerplant that is now in the running to power the U.S ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, is accelerating the development of its XA103 engine for the U.S. Air Force's Next Generation ...

It's been six months already since American president Donald Trump announced the name of the country's (and the world's) first-ever sixth generation combat aircraft, and with everything going on in ...

RTX subsidiary is vying with GE for Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program Pratt & Whitney is developing the XA103 engine for the U.S. Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program for the F-47 ...

Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range without compromising on speed during engagements. The modern fighter jet is ...

March 3 (UPI) --In recent talks with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby recently praised South Korea as a "model ally" for committing to increase ...

It will soon be a year since American president Donald Trump announced the official birth of the country’s and the world’s first-ever sixth-generation combat aircraft, the Boeing F-47, and not much ...

In addition to adaptive-cycle military engines for combat aircraft, Pratt & Whitney is poised to develop constant-volume combustion rotating detonation propulsion systems for missiles. Credit: Pratt & ...