P&W Engine, GE Power System, Northrop Sensors for Long Range Strike Bomber

If Northrop builds LRS-B, GE Aviation will manufacture the primary and secondary power distribution systems, not the plane's engine, according to a source with knowledge of the program. GE was partnered with the Boeing-Lockheed Martin team on the power plant, the source said.

The news that GE is not the winning engine maker fuels speculation that Northrop's bomber will be powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. Although nothing is certain, some have hypothesized that LRS-B will use Pratt's F135 engines, according to a recent analysis by Jim McAleese.

link to Defense News.

Article also goes on to say it looks like Raytheon is the biggest loser of the bunch.

Assuming the protest is shot down.

Zaph: you said the ADVENT engine has a F135 core, right?

a reply to: anzha

The Pratt engine does, yes.

a reply to: Zaphod58

If you watch GE's video about there new engine at the end when its talking about tomorrows military there is a interesting shadow of something very LRS-B looking

a reply to: penroc3

Why wouldn't they? They're building systems for it.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Just curious, why did GE lose the ATF engine design waaay back now?

primary and secondary power distribution systems

Electrical systems so a power source may be APU,exotic battery and maybe something else.

a reply to: Blackfinger

APU and power supply units throughout the aircraft.

a reply to: anzha

Worst timing ever. They had ongoing power plant issues with the F110 fleet and got hit with a number of unrelated failures in other engines.

a reply to: penroc3

In the Video you referred to it looks to me like an NG 6th Gen fighter concept:

www.airforcemag.com...

It also looks like the planform discussed here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

originally posted by: Blackfinger

and maybe something else.

That would be an interesting, if not entirely unsurprising development

a reply to: Sammamishman


Sam/Zaph



i just thought it was something cool to point out for those of us who like to read between the lines so to speak. I dont know how many people would see something like that unless it was pointed out.

Do you think we go on a ADVENT style engine with Pratt and Whitney or just a double F-135 configuration ?

a reply to: penroc3

Sorry, didn't mean to sound snippy. Yesterday was a Day.

a reply to: darksidius

Advent.

a reply to: penroc3

It was an interesting find. I hadn't seen that video till you mentioned it and I went looking for it.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Amen Zaphod, yesterday sucked the holiday season can kiss my ass already.

a reply to: Sammamishman

The planform in that video sure is purty, and clearly visible....

a reply to: Bfirez

Yeah it is cool looking.

I truly think that the creators of thing like that read our forum for the latest and greatest in educated speculation.

a reply to: Zaphod58

its okay, thank you for saying that. we all have those days.

a reply to: Sammamishman

Wasn't it labled a P-ISR in the other graphic, here the planform is associated with a Gen 6 Fighter. Curious...