The General Electric XA100 is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator developed by General Electric for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, and it forms the technological foundation of the company XA102 for the sixth generation fighter program of the United States Air Force. It competed directly with the Pratt and Whitney XA101. Its three-stream design can send air to a third bypass stream for fuel efficiency and cooling, or to the core and fan streams for extra thrust, and it uses ceramic matrix composites to run hotter. The demonstrator has a three-stage adaptive fan, a seven-stage compressor and a two-stage high pressure and two-stage low pressure turbine, in the 45,000 pounds-force thrust class. In 2023 the Air Force chose an improved F135 under the Engine Core Upgrade program over an adaptive cycle engine, citing cost and integration risk.
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is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by General Electric
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is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by General Electric
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is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by General Electric
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is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by General Electric
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