GE explores potential AETP offering compatible with F-35B

By Briana Reilly / March 4, 2022 at 4:53 PM
ORLANDO, FL -- General Electric is working with the U.S. military and other stakeholders to leverage its XA100 adaptive cycle engine into "a compelling capability offering" for the F-35B, according to a company executive. Through the early push, GE is “spending serious engineering effort” to explore a potential pitch for the Marine Corps’ short takeoff and vertical landing version of the fighter aircraft, David Tweedie, GE's general manager for advanced combat engines, told Inside Defense in an interview at...

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