Abstract:     To make breakthroughs in the key and core technologies and develop our own aero-engines is an important choice for national rejuvenation. However, there are still many capability dilemmas in technology breakthroughs of aero-engines, and there is an urgent need for capability reconfiguration. The reconfiguration paths for organization, resource and innovation capability were studied with the capability reconfiguration theory and in conjunction with case studies. Some important conclusions were drawn from this study as follows: (1) the technology breakthrough of aero-engines is a dynamic process of multiple capability reconfiguration which integrates organization, resource and innovation capabilities, and this process evolves continuously with technological breakthroughs and includes two stages, i.e. evolutionary reconfiguration and replacement reconfiguration; (2) organization reconfiguration is the foundation of technology breakthrough, and the organization reconfiguration from "plane-engine binding", "plane-engine loosening" to "plane-engine separation" maximizes the innovation autonomy and flexibility; (3) resource reconfiguration is the guarantee of technology breakthrough, and the reconfigurations from closed resource reconfiguration and open resource reconfiguration, to military-civilian resource sharing configuration effectively support technology breakthrough of aero-engines; and (4) innovation capability reconfiguration is the core of technology breakthrough, and the innovation capability reconfiguration from initial imitation to current independent R&D largely enhances the innovation capability of aero-engines.

Key words: aero-engine, key and core technology breakthrough, organization reconfiguration, resource reconfiguration, innovation capability reconfiguration