Adaptive Fan Rig Would Change Bypass Ratios For Thrust Optimization
Testing of a unique, adaptive supersonic fighter engine fan rig based on a full-scale F135 development fan to advance the next generation of military fighter engine technology is underway at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The purpose of the adaptive fan rig test is to mature technologies associated with adaptive bypass flow associated with a third stream of air, which will enable efficiency improvements in long-range persistence and high thrust combat maneuvers as well as in transonic and supersonic flight conditions.
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