Pratt & Whitney and General Electric completed the Assembly Readiness Reviews of XA103 and XA102 engines, activating their supply chains to prepare for the assembly of the physical NGAP engines.

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) ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Pratt & Whitney is advancing parts procurement for the first XA103 adaptive combat test engine following completion of a fully digital assembly readiness review under the latest phase ...

DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force is working on one engine design to power the service’s highly secret new fighter jet—no matter which company builds the plane. The future engine, called Next Generation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States Air Force (USAF) has announced a $7 billion cash injection for its prototype next-generation jet engine program.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has completed a fully digital technical assessment of its XA103 engine for the U.S. Air Force's Next ...

Recent updates from the United States Air Force (USAF) regarding the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) fighter jet engines have shown a considerable jump in funding for each contractor of the ...

General Electric's XA100 adaptive cycle engine. Work on the XA100 is to be ported to the NGAP programme. (GE Aviation) The Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) engine is undergoing “detailed ...

Despite uncertainty over the future of its sixth-generation fighter development programme, the US Air Force is committing fresh funding toward a separate effort to develop a propulsion solution for ...