Originally Posted by
tartare
Hmm - well that makes things even more challenging...
Might make for an extended life on the KC-10s which are bowing out at present. If the DoD wants immediate extended range, they can always contact
www.delta-burn.com they have demonstrated their technology on the CFM56 recently, and that gives a non trivial range extension to high bypass fans. They are happy to demo that on their jets or on the DoDs, so long as the bypass is above 2.3.
Oddly, their work was mainly done on IAI Westwind II's and on Merlin IIIA's.