MonaLazy
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The USAF is ahead of the rest of the world in zeroth order, first order and even second order in terms jet engine technology development. Here comes the newest concept technology in the town, rotating detonation engine. It has given an R&D contract to P&W
In zero'th order, by which I mean contemporary low bypass jet engine technology it is already heads and shoulder ahead of the rest of the world and is still working on improving it for its current 4th generation fighter and bomber fleet.
In the 1st order, even while it is working on this upgrade, it has already worked with GE and successfully prototyped the Adaptive Cycle engine that will become part of the F-35 fleet by the end of the decade. So not just ahead but already developed the next gen of propulsion.
And now even when the next gen ADVET engine is under advanced stages of commercialization, it has already embarked on concept evaluation research & development of the next generation of propulsion technologies with the rotational detonation concept.
By not just moving one step ahead but increasing its pace of tech discovery and development US gets to control the paradigm of the tech in this domain for the next 30 - 50 years and dictate and control the direction, pace and nature of the tech from a dominant position.
Now, us the rest of the world, naturally get attuned to the idea that Adaptive cycle engine is the next gen and Rotation detonation is the tech gen after that. We never get a chance to explore newer paradigms on our own. We are already brought into this framework where the US
has first mover advantage as well as early mastery over the tech. Knowing the rest of the world's end users (armed forces and civilian), having no original conceptual capability of their own they would be forced to pursue this cycle, tune their tech upgrade & warfare strategies
around what the USAF has set. This will also make the armed forces push their local MICs to "make what the US has achieved in this tech" rather than being able to expolit any original capabilities that the respective nations' MICs may have. Pretty smart move.
To cut it short, by virtue of USAF being two steps ahead in the tech curve, it is able to determine the brochure specs and hence the GSQR of platforms that will be demanded by worldwide armies 2 decades down the line. Cause it has determined what the next tech is going to be.
Pratt & Whitney Wins Air Force Rotating-Detonation Engine Work
In zero'th order, by which I mean contemporary low bypass jet engine technology it is already heads and shoulder ahead of the rest of the world and is still working on improving it for its current 4th generation fighter and bomber fleet.
In the 1st order, even while it is working on this upgrade, it has already worked with GE and successfully prototyped the Adaptive Cycle engine that will become part of the F-35 fleet by the end of the decade. So not just ahead but already developed the next gen of propulsion.
And now even when the next gen ADVET engine is under advanced stages of commercialization, it has already embarked on concept evaluation research & development of the next generation of propulsion technologies with the rotational detonation concept.
By not just moving one step ahead but increasing its pace of tech discovery and development US gets to control the paradigm of the tech in this domain for the next 30 - 50 years and dictate and control the direction, pace and nature of the tech from a dominant position.
Now, us the rest of the world, naturally get attuned to the idea that Adaptive cycle engine is the next gen and Rotation detonation is the tech gen after that. We never get a chance to explore newer paradigms on our own. We are already brought into this framework where the US
has first mover advantage as well as early mastery over the tech. Knowing the rest of the world's end users (armed forces and civilian), having no original conceptual capability of their own they would be forced to pursue this cycle, tune their tech upgrade & warfare strategies
around what the USAF has set. This will also make the armed forces push their local MICs to "make what the US has achieved in this tech" rather than being able to expolit any original capabilities that the respective nations' MICs may have. Pretty smart move.
To cut it short, by virtue of USAF being two steps ahead in the tech curve, it is able to determine the brochure specs and hence the GSQR of platforms that will be demanded by worldwide armies 2 decades down the line. Cause it has determined what the next tech is going to be.
Pratt & Whitney Wins Air Force Rotating-Detonation Engine Work