A gas turbine engine that includes a compressor and a combustion chamber that generates hot thrust gas, the gas turbine engine comprising:
- a first housing section;
- a first rotatable shaft disposed within the first housing section;
- a turbine blade assembly that is downstream of the combustion chamber and is rotatable with the first rotatable shaft within the first housing section, the turbine blade assembly including a plurality of turbine blades;
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- a unit that is disposed downstream of the turbine blade assembly for increasing the thrust of the gas turbine engine, the unit including:
- a second housing section that is coupled to and in fluid communication with the first housing section for receiving the hot trust gas from the turbine blade assembly;
- a second rotatable shaft centrally disposed within the unit housing;
- a rotatable fluid moving device that is coupled to the second rotatable shaft and configured such that the rotatable fluid moving device acts on the hot thrust gas from the turbine blade assembly and directs the hot thrust gas in a radially outward direction to cause the hot trust gas to assume a concentrated area of hot thrust gas within the second housing section such that useful energy output is increased.