NGAP gets a finance boost
Funding for the NGAP first commenced in 2022, with additional contracts awarded to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the three primary contractors for the NGAD jet. Each of them received somewhere in the region of $1 billion apiece for their research.
However, only GE and Pratt and Whitney will be funded to further their XA102 and XA103 engine designs. Beyond the names, however, little concrete information is publically available.
It is known that both engines are examples of adaptive cycle designs. This means their bypass ratios can be adjusted on demand while in flight between modes.