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 ...

Jet engine technology is among some of the most advanced means of propulsion in the skies today. From commercial airlines to military fighter planes, these massive engines can be heard roaring ...

Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of ...

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 ...

The C-130 Hercules is one of the most beloved aircraft in military service today. Since the plane was introduced in 1956 as America's next airlifter, military and civilian organizations have found ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

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 ...

There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a staple of engine design. Many of these things are also found in the engines of ...

GE Aerospace in Cincinnati is using a 747 aircraft as a flying laboratory to test jet engines under extreme conditions, pushing new designs to their limits to ensure safety and performance. “We are ...