General Electric F404

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afterburning turbofan engine

The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
General Electric F404 canonical 4
General Electric F404-GE-400 2
GE F404 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf afterburning turbofan engine ⓘ
application fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ
category military aircraft engine ⓘ
turbofan engine family ⓘ
configuration low-bypass turbofan ⓘ
controlSystem FADEC ⓘ
surface form: FADEC (some later variants)

hydromechanical control (early variants) ⓘ
coolingMethod air-cooled turbine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
derivedTo General Electric F414-GE-400 ⓘ
surface form: General Electric F414
developmentStart 1970s ⓘ
familyMember F404-GE-100 ⓘ
F404-GE-400 ⓘ
F404-GE-400 ⓘ
surface form: F404-GE-402

F404-GE-400 ⓘ
surface form: F404-GE-IN20

RM12 ⓘ
feature afterburner ⓘ
axial compressor ⓘ
digital engine control in later variants ⓘ
full-length annular combustor ⓘ
modular construction ⓘ
single-stage fan ⓘ
firstFlightOn Northrop YF-17 ⓘ
surface form: YF-17 Cobra
fuelType aviation kerosene (Jet-A/JP series) ⓘ
manufacturer GE Aviation ⓘ
surface form: General Electric Aviation
marketSegment military jet engines ⓘ
notableCharacteristic ease of maintenance ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ
high thrust-to-weight ratio ⓘ
operator Indian Air Force ⓘ
Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ
Swedish Air Force (RM12 variant) ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
role primary powerplant for early F/A-18 variants ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
thrustClass approximately 48 kN dry thrust ⓘ
approximately 79 kN thrust with afterburner ⓘ
usedIn Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ⓘ
surface form: Boeing F/A-18 Hornet

F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
surface form: F/A-18A

F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
surface form: F/A-18B

F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
surface form: F/A-18C

F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
surface form: F/A-18D

HAL Tejas ⓘ
KAI T-50 Golden Eagle ⓘ
F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
surface form: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

Northrop F-20 Tigershark ⓘ
JAS 39 Gripen ⓘ
surface form: Saab JAS 39 Gripen (early variants)

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CF-18 Hornet → engineModel → General Electric F404 ⓘ
Grumman X-29 → engineModel → General Electric F404 ⓘ
Rockwell-MBB X-31 → engineModel → General Electric F404 ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Electric F404-GE-400
Boeing T-7A Red Hawk → engineModel → General Electric F404 ⓘ
this entity surface form: GE F404
KAI T-50 Golden Eagle → engineModel → General Electric F404 ⓘ
General Electric F414-GE-400 → developedFrom → General Electric F404 ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Electric F404 engine
General Electric F414-GE-100 → derivedFrom → General Electric F404 ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Electric F404 engine family
HAL Tejas → powerplant → General Electric F404 ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Electric F404 turbofan engine
Volvo RM12 turbofan → basedOn → General Electric F404 ⓘ
subject surface form: Volvo RM12
Volvo RM12 turbofan → derivedFrom → General Electric F404 ⓘ
subject surface form: Volvo RM12
this entity surface form: General Electric F404-GE-400
FA-50 → powerplant → General Electric F404 ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Electric F404 turbofan