The F110 Family

GE Delivers First F110-132 Engine

F16GE continues to deliver to Lockheed Martin F110-GE-132 engines, the highest-thrust fighter engine ever developed for the F-16 aircraft.

The F110-GE-132, which can produce up to 32,500 pounds of thrust (144 kN), is derived from GE's highly successful F110 engine family, which powers the majority of F-16C/Ds worldwide. The F110-GE-132 engine development was launched in 2000 with its selection for 80 Lockheed Martin F-16E/F aircraft by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defense.

In June 2003, Lockheed Martin completed engine flight tests of the F110-GE-132 with a test bed F-16 aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Flight test of the F-16E/F aircraft, powered by the F110-GE-132 started in late 2003 in Fort. Worth, Texas.

The F110-GE-132 takes advantage of GE's extensive technology base, including: a long-chord-blisk fan derived from the F118 engine (for the U.S. Air Force B-2 Bomber) and F414 engine (U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F), a radial afterburner derived from the Joint Strike Fighter F136 engine and F414 engine, and a composite outer fan duct on the GE F404/F414 engines.