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> Development of the engine will be by Kratos subsidiary Florida Turbine Technologies for engine design, General Electric subsidiary GE Additive for additive ma

• hindsightbias 2y ago
  Never heard of Kratos or FTT, they just bought a small turbine maker. GE Additive doesn't sound like they're doing any design work, just manufacturing. None of the majors were interested in making a 35K engine (or apparently modifying their cores with the previous 4 engine design), it would be in a zone between large biz jets and commercial single-isle. The former are hundred million dollar iterations of existing designs, the latter are billion dollar developments now. As this is not a conventional engine, it will cost $1B to certification if they're lucky. I guess it's theoretically possible if KSA is funding it like Lucid and your expectations are way lower than Lucid.
  • meepmorp 2y ago
    > GE Additive doesn't sound like they're doing any design work, just manufacturing. Not even that; per the article it's "manufacturing consulting." Presumably someone else is doing the actual work - I'd guess FTT.
• meepmorp 2y ago
  FTT definitely knows how to design and build jet engines, but iirc all their designs so far are small subsonic engines for drones and cruise missiles. I'd love to see it happen, but his is brand new territory for them in both size and performance. edit: not a Fourier transform