Is it possible to build a world-class air force on engines that crack, stall, and occasionally threaten to self-destruct mid-flight? For decades, China’s answer seemed to be a reluctant yes until a ...

Wave Engine Corp has aced a demonstration flight of a simple jet engine with no moving parts. A modern version of a pulsejet, the J-1 engine powered a UAV through take-off and several mid-air ...

EVENDALE, Ohio, June 19 (Reuters) - GE Aerospace (GE.N), opens new tab is developing a hybrid electric engine with the hopes it will power next-generation narrow-body jets by the middle of the next ...

A military secret that is becoming too big a cat to be kept in the bag, got partly out last week. WPB announced that production of jet-propelled planes, the latest and most revolutionary thing in ...

The United States is exploring plans for two new fighter jet initiatives: a modernized version of the F-22 Raptor, potentially called the "F-22 Super," and a fresh twin-engine platform known as the ...

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A bankrupt company’s propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by ...

A problem that worries the designers of jet bombers and airliners is how to make them stop quickly enough on short or slippery runways. Propeller-driver ships merely change the angle of their ...