Kratos and GE Aerospace Win U.S. Air Force Award to Design Engine for Expendable Combat Collaborative Aircraft

Kratos brings more than 25 years of experience developing and producing small, affordable engines for UAS, drones, and missile platforms. GE Aerospace adds a century of expertise in propulsion ...
Ainonline.com

Small Combat Drone Engines Begin Ground Tests

To help fulfill the U.S. Air Force’s need for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA)—next-generation “loyal wingman” drones that can collaborate with crewed military jets—major engine manufacturers have ...
Aviation Today

GE Aerospace, Kratos Begin Altitude Testing For New GEK800 Small Engine

GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800 turbofan engine, designed to power cruise missiles and unmanned platforms in the ...
Seeking Alpha

RTX's Pratt & Whitney completes critical engine testing for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Current production engines can offer up to 20% increased thrust for unmanned applications EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, has ...
Aviation Week Network

Fast 5: IER On Engine Test Cells, Middle East Capacity Gaps

This article is published in Aviation Week & Space Technology and is free to read until Feb 26, 2026. If you want to read ...
Flightglobal

Engine makers accelerate plans for new class of small turbofans amid autonomous fighter boom

Producers of military jet engines are rolling out new lines of small turbofans, eyeing an expected boom in demand for uncrewed fighter aircraft. US propulsion suppliers Pratt & Whitney (P&W), GE ...