General Electric F414

The General Electric F414 is an American afterburning turbofan engine in the 22,000-pound thrust class, produced by GE Aerospace and formerly by GE Aviation. It originated from the widely used F404, enlarged and improved for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and it was developed from the F412 non-afterburning turbofan that had been planned for the A-12 Avenger II before that aircraft was cancelled. General Electric pitched it as a low-risk derivative of the F404 that fits the same footprint. It uses the core and full authority digital engine control of the F412 with the low pressure system of the YF120, a fan that raises airflow by 16 percent, blisks in the first three high pressure compressor stages, and a fueldraulic system to move the afterburner nozzle.