Pratt & Whitney to Accelerate Development of XA103 NGAP Engine

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Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney will use new digital design technology to accelerate its work on the XA103, its submission for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program. RTX’s Pratt & Whitney is offering the XA103 design for the NGAP project, going head to head with GE Aerospace’s XA102. ICYMI: Pratt & Whitney cuts metal and releases imagery of its digitally designed NGAP offering for the @usairforce – the XA103 engine. Instead of a double bypass design, the XA102 and XA103 engines use a three-stream system. Engine design is thought to be one area where the west, and particularly the United States, still maintains a strong edge over Russia and China.