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The Enhanced Engine Program upgrade for the F-35 would save billions of dollars.

Forty football seasons ago at the Naval Academy, it seems the only phrases we first-year midshipmen could use without fear of instant push-ups were "Beat Army," and of course, "Beat Air Force."

GE Aviation's XA100 adaptive cycle engine is ready to progress from prototype into development following testing with the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer said.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has said the Defense Department could decide whether to continue developing an adaptive engine for the F-35 in the fiscal 2024 budget.

General Electric (GE) has completed its final major contract milestone of the US Air Force's (USAF's) Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), having completed testing on its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine. The GE XA100 adaptive engine...

Here is an overview of 10 of the service’s top priorities as it looks to shape its future force.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded $4.9 billion in contracts to General Electric Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman to build an adaptive engine prototype to power its next-generation fighter jet.

The cost of the most common variant, the F-35A, has steadily come down for more than a decade and now is below $80 million a unit.

The U.S. military's advantage in fighter jet propulsion is "essentially stagnating" without a new replacement engine for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, a top official at the U.S. Air Force propulsion directorate told reporters recently.

“The perception I think that's out there is that we're maintaining, if not advancing, our military advantage in propulsion," said John Sneden, director of the Air Force's propulsion directorate. “But the reality is ... we're essentially stagnating, and we're starting to lose.”