GE Aerospace wins US Air Force contract for GE426 preliminary design review

The U.S. Air Force awarded GE Aerospace a contract to complete the preliminary design review of the GE426, a new medium-thrust engine for the Autonomous Collaborative Platform effort. The work matures the prototype through design review, refining its capability, producibility and cost. It is a design contract rather than a production order, and no value was disclosed.

• Preliminary design review for the GE426 engine
• Medium-thrust class engine for the Autonomous Collaborative Platform
• No contract value disclosed; not a production order