These enhancements can help provide up to a 25% improvement in cost-per-flying-hour, a significant time-on-wing increase, and elimination of special inspections. GE and the USAF estimate the potential savings of SLEP to a USAF fleet of about 800 F110 engines at approximately $1 billion. ...
ST. LOUIS, MO. – Two F110-GE-129 engines powered the first flight of the Boeing F-15EX fighter on Feb. 2. The round-trip flight took off and landed from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, kicking off a new era of performance and reliability for
The enhancements can help provide up to a 25 percent improvement in cost-per-flight hour, a 50 percent increase in engine cycle life, and a threefold increase in average time-on-wing. The F110-GE-129 has also applications on Advanced F-15s around the globe. The Royal Saudi Air ...
A major success of the period was the Lynn-manufactured J85 turbojet engine. Contracted by the USAF to build a low-cost air-combat fighter, Northrop built the F-5 Freedom Fighter around the GE J85 engine. The F-5 soon became the standard air defense aircraft for more than 30 nations. T...
A major success of the period was the Lynn-manufactured J85 turbojet engine. Contracted by the USAF to build a low-cost air-combat fighter, Northrop built the F-5 Freedom Fighter around the GE J85 engine. The F-5 soon became the standard air defense aircraft for more than 30 nations. ...
Contracted by the USAF to build a low-cost air-combat fighter, Northrop built the F-5 Freedom Fighter around the GE J85 engine. The F-5 soon became the standard air defense aircraft for more than 30 nations. Advances in compressor, combustor and turbine knowledge in the 1960s led to the...