The Pacific Northwest is home to spectacularly beautiful forests of towering Douglas firs, lush undergrowth, and waterlogged mosses. Decades of accumulated fallen branches and dried needles camouflage ...

Back in late 2020, American defense contractor GE announced the arrival of something it referred to as the “world’s first-ever flight-weight, three-stream adaptive cycle engine.” The unit, which is ...

From the field of resilience science, the adaptive cycle was born, a model that reflects the real-world behavior and circumstances of human-natural systems. The only constant in life is change, and we ...

Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range without compromising on speed during engagements. The modern fighter jet is ...

Ever since 2016, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has been looking for a new engine to slap into its fifth-generation F-35 fighter plane. The engine didn’t get to be detailed until 2019, and testing didn’t ...