The General Electric J85 is a small single-shaft turbojet engine. Military versions produce up to 3,500 lb f (16 kN) of thrust dry; afterburning variants can reach up to 5,000 lb f (22 kN). The engine, depending upon additional equipment and specific model, weighs from 300 to 500 pounds (140 to 230 kg).

Jun 1, 2020 · No engine in jet propulsion is quite like GE’s tiny J85 turbojet. Originally designed in 1954, the J85 is expected to power U.S. military aircraft until at least 2040. That’s not a typo: GE had delivered more than 12,000 J85 engines and its commercial engine variants by the end of its production run in 1988.

The history of the General Electric J85 turbojet engine is presented from its early inception as a single-use drone engine to its equipping of almost 3,000 frontline fighter and attack aircraft.

The J85 was the first U.S. small turbine engine to go into production with an afterburner. The most important applications were the Northrop T-38 Talon, the first supersonic trainer, and Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, a low-cost fighter used by many nations from the 1960s through the 1980s.

The General Electric J85 is a small single-shaft turbojet engine. Military versions produce up to 2,950 lbf (13.1 kN) of thrust dry, afterburning variants can reach up to 5,000 lbf (22 kN). The engine, depending upon additional equipment and specific model, weighs from 300 to 500 pounds (140 to 230 kg).

Feb 28, 2025 · The J85 is a single-shaft axial-flow turbojet engine with an 8-stage compressor section and 2-stage turbine. The J85-GE-5 is rated at 2,680 pounds of thrust (11.921 kilonewtons), and 3,850 pounds (17.126 kilonewtons) with afterburner.

introduced in 1960, to power "an efficient supersonic light fighter", the j85 turbojet is a powerplant providing between 2,850 and 5,000 lb. of thrust to a-37 dragonfly, cf-5 freedom fighter, cf-116 freedom fighter, ct-114 tutor, f-5 tiger aircraft.

J85 may refer to: General Electric J85, a small single-shaft turbojet engine; HMS Seagull (J85), a Halcyon class minesweeper of Royal Navy; J 85, the Johnson solid notation for a snub square antiprism; LNER Class J85, a class of British steam locomotives

May 29, 2020 · LYNN, MA – GE Aviation has been awarded a $394 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to provide J85 engine supplies for the United States Air Force and Navy. The work will be carried out by GE Aviation’s facility in Lynn, MA, and across GE’s U.S. supply chain sites.

The General Electric J85 is a small single-shaft turbojet engine. Military versions produce up to 3,500 lb f (16 kN) of thrust dry; afterburning variants can reach up to 5,000 lbf (22 kN). The engine, depending upon additional equipment and specific model, weighs from 300 to 500 pounds (140 to 230 kg).