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P&W Tests Engine Upgrade
Pratt & Whitney has ground-tested an upgraded version of the F100-229 fighter engine, the -229A, incorporating technology from US Department of Defense Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology research. P&W say that performance expectations were exceeded in 110h of altitude testing. Temperatures and pressures are reduced at the present thrust ...
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