General Electric F118
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The General Electric F118 is a non-afterburning turbofan jet engine used to power high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and strategic bombers such as the U-2S and B-2 Spirit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Electric F118 canonical | 1 |
| General Electric F118-GE-100 turbofan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1371664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Electric F118 Context triple: [Lockheed U-2, engineModel, General Electric F118]
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General Electric F414-GE-100
The General Electric F414-GE-100 is an advanced afterburning turbofan jet engine developed from the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s powerplant, optimized to provide high thrust, reliability, and efficiency for modern military aircraft.
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B.
General Electric F414-GE-400
The General Electric F414-GE-400 is a modern afterburning turbofan jet engine developed for high-performance military fighter aircraft, known for its high thrust-to-weight ratio, reliability, and use in advanced U.S. Navy combat jets.
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C.
General Electric F110 turbofan
The General Electric F110 is a high-performance afterburning turbofan engine widely used in modern fighter aircraft, notably various F-16 and F-15 variants, providing increased thrust, reliability, and maintainability over earlier powerplants.
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D.
General Electric F404
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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E.
Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan
The Pratt & Whitney F100 is an afterburning turbofan jet engine widely used in modern U.S. fighter aircraft, known for its high thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Electric F118 Target entity description: The General Electric F118 is a non-afterburning turbofan jet engine used to power high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and strategic bombers such as the U-2S and B-2 Spirit.
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A.
General Electric F414-GE-100
The General Electric F414-GE-100 is an advanced afterburning turbofan jet engine developed from the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s powerplant, optimized to provide high thrust, reliability, and efficiency for modern military aircraft.
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B.
General Electric F414-GE-400
The General Electric F414-GE-400 is a modern afterburning turbofan jet engine developed for high-performance military fighter aircraft, known for its high thrust-to-weight ratio, reliability, and use in advanced U.S. Navy combat jets.
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C.
General Electric F110 turbofan
The General Electric F110 is a high-performance afterburning turbofan engine widely used in modern fighter aircraft, notably various F-16 and F-15 variants, providing increased thrust, reliability, and maintainability over earlier powerplants.
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D.
General Electric F404
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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E.
Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan
The Pratt & Whitney F100 is an afterburning turbofan jet engine widely used in modern U.S. fighter aircraft, known for its high thrust-to-weight ratio and advanced performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | turbofan engine ⓘ |
| abbreviation | F118 ⓘ |
| application | military aircraft ⓘ |
| bypassRatio | low-bypass ⓘ |
| category |
aircraft engines
ⓘ
turbofan engines ⓘ |
| compressorType | axial-flow ⓘ |
| configuration | two-spool ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| derivedFrom |
General Electric F110 turbofan
ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric F110
|
| designedFor |
fuel efficiency at high altitude
ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ low maintenance requirements ⓘ |
| employs | full-authority digital engine control ⓘ |
| engineType | non-afterburning turbofan ⓘ |
| family |
General Electric F110 turbofan
ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric F110 family
|
| feature |
optimized for high-altitude performance
ⓘ
reduced infrared signature compared to afterburning engines ⓘ reliable long-endurance operation ⓘ |
| fuelType | jet fuel ⓘ |
| intendedRole |
high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft powerplant
ⓘ
strategic bomber powerplant ⓘ |
| introducedForAircraft |
B-2 Spirit
ⓘ
Lockheed U-2 ⓘ
surface form:
U-2S
|
| manufacturer |
GE Aviation
ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric Aviation
|
| marketSegment | military turbofan engines ⓘ |
| natoDesignation | F118 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplantOf |
Lockheed U-2
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady
B-2 Spirit ⓘ
surface form:
Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit
|
| relatedEngine |
General Electric F110 turbofan
ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric F110-GE-100
General Electric F110 turbofan ⓘ
surface form:
General Electric F110-GE-129
|
| status | in service ⓘ |
| thrustClass |
about 17,000 lbf
ⓘ
about 75 kN ⓘ |
| usedBy |
USAF bomber units
ⓘ
USAF reconnaissance units ⓘ |
| usedFor |
long-endurance reconnaissance missions
ⓘ
stealth bomber missions ⓘ |
| usedInAircraft |
Lockheed U-2
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed U-2S
B-2 Spirit ⓘ
surface form:
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: General Electric F118 Description of subject: The General Electric F118 is a non-afterburning turbofan jet engine used to power high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and strategic bombers such as the U-2S and B-2 Spirit.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
General Electric F118-GE-100 turbofan