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GE Aerospace wins U.S. Air Force funding for GE426 medium-thrust engine PDR under Autonomous Collaborative Platform

GE Aerospace has received a U.S. Air Force contract to complete the preliminary design review for its GE426 medium-thrust engine supporting the service’s Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP). GE also disclosed a new small turbofan concept optimized for the cost profile of the emerging collaborative combat aircraft market, positioning GE426 as larger than the separate GEK1500 effort with Kratos.

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