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GE Pitches XA100 for Wide Application, As Company Announces Completion of Third Phase Testing on Second Engine

GE Pitches XA100 for Wide Application, As Company Announces Completion of Third Phase Testing on Second Engine
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kristin Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander, flies an F-35 assigned to the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron during a practice performance at Hill AFB, Utah on July 12 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

General Electric [GE] is pitching its XA100 adaptive cycle engine for wide application across DoD and said on Nov. 14 that it finished third phase testing of the second XA100 at its Evendale, Ohio plant outside of Cincinnati over the summer. "We have successfully completed third phase testing on our second XA100 engine," David Tweedie, GE Aerospace's general manager of advanced products, told Politico's defense summit in Washington, D.C. GE wants its XA100 to serve as the "foundation for technology…

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