United States, Sept. 14 -- GE Aerospace continues to advance toward assembly of the XA102 adaptive cycle engine under the U.S. Air Force's Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program, marking continued gains in the development of next-generation propulsion technologies for future combat aircraft. From the start, the XA102 was designed utilizing the latest model-based engineering practices to reduce development time and cost. The latest model-based capabilities are being extended into manufacturing, inspection, and assembly to further reduce development time and enable the propulsion industrial base to innovate at the speed required to meet today's dynamic threat environment. A key enabler is GE Aerospace's use of model-based definiti...