Trick-Cycle Turbine Ltd. (TCT) is a South Dakota-based company led by inventor Reggie Huff that has created an engine design known as the Tomahawk TX Trick-Cycle Turbine engine.

Ever since 2016, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has been looking for a new engine to slap into its fifth-generation F-35 fighter plane. The engine didn’t get to be detailed until 2019, and testing ...