The Air Force Research Lab has issued a call for a five-year development program to demonstrate a revolutionary engine—the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology—with technologies that “optimize propulsion system performance over a broad ranges of altitude and speed” rather than sacrificing fuel efficiency for high performance or vice versa, according to an AFRL release. Project ADVENT “represents the next big step in turbine engine technology development,” said Jeff Stricker, chief engineer for turbine engines in AFRL’s propulsion directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The adaptive engine would combine fuel efficiency and high performance. AFRL plans to select two competing contractor teams in August, followed by downselect to a single contractor in 2009 and engine demonstrator testing in 2012.
How Miss America 2024 Took the Air Force Somewhere New
Dec. 20, 2024
When 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh became the first ever active service member crowned Miss America on Jan. 14, top Air Force officials recognized a rare opportunity to reach women and girls who otherwise might not consider military service as an option.