Innovations in jet technology are happening all the time. This is due to modern advancements, which are leading engineers in new directions previously only theorized. The latest example is the plasma ...
US aircraft engine supplier GE Aerospace has cleared the XA102 adaptive cycle engine for ...
Moreover, the engines are designed to run on liquid natural gas (LNG), which is 1/10th the price of traditional jet fuel, offers more energy per unit weight, and produces 30% less CO2 when burned. The ...
The world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, especially for transportation, has left a deep mark on both the planet and public health. Burning these fuels releases a flood of greenhouse gases, which ...
Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...
The development of a new turboelectric jet engine is set to transform air travel by enabling affordable supersonic flights, potentially cutting travel time from San Francisco to Tokyo to just three ...
While recent years have seen more information about the Chinese military become common knowledge, there is no denying that a lot is still unknown about its military might. Most recognize one of the ...
Ramjets look more like a conjuring trick than technology until you figure out how they work. Look inside a ramjet engine, and all you'll see is an empty tube. Switch it on when it's on the ground and ...
The Eurojet Turbo consortium is set to supply 59 new EJ200 engines to the Spanish Air Force for its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. Based on the reported cost for the EJ200, the contract has an ...
Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...
What’s it like living with someone who helped shrink the world by inventing the jet engine? TIM ROBINSON FRAeS reviews a new ...