In 1978, just one manufacturer was supplying engines for the U.S. military’s F-14, F-15, and new F-16 fighter jets — and it wasn’t GE Aerospace. But what became known as the “Great Engine War” of the ...

The development began in the mid-1980s when the Air Force needed an engine to produce a thrust in the 129 kN class, while retaining the durability and reliability of the F100-PW-220 and F110-GE-100 ...

The GE Aerospace F110 jet engine on a test stand. The U.S. Dept. of Defense awarded $5 billion to GE Aerospace in a new contract to produce and service an undetermined number of F110 engines over a ...