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GE Begins Testing on Second XA100 Adaptive Engine Prototype, As HASC Pushes for Acceleration of AETP

GE Begins Testing on Second XA100 Adaptive Engine Prototype, As HASC Pushes for Acceleration of AETP
GE said that it finished testing its first prototype XA100 engine in May (General Electric Photo)

General Electric [GE] said on Sept. 7 that the company has begun testing the second prototype of the XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the U.S. Air Force's Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A and future fighter aircraft, as the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) advises accelerating AETP in the committee's version of the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill. In May, after a six-month run, GE said that it had finished testing the first…

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