ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND — A team of Army and academic researchers reviewed a decade worth of studies examining fundamental physics in order to improve aircraft engine performance under extreme ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A jet engine is a highly complex piece of equipment with a ...

Pilots rev up engines before takeoff, but why? The answer lies in a fascinating dance of air, fire, and spinning blades.

LYNN, Mass. — On March 22 the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program achieved a significant program milestone with the “light off” — the first time fuel is ignited in the engine to produce power — of ...

Pratt & Whitney is to design a high-efficiency, hydrogen-fueled aircraft turbine engine with funding support from the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E).

Reaching the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement calls for revolutionary propulsion concepts. With the water-enhanced turbofan, MTU is working on a gas-turbine-based propulsion concept that ...

Premier Turbines is stepping up its work on Honeywell's TFE731 engine test cell at its Neosho, Mo. facility. The company recently added a third shift, invested in new equipment and hired a new ...

Vericor Power Systems, LLC, Alpharetta, Ga., is being awarded a $20.5m firm-fixed-price contract for the manufacture, testing and delivery of 16 ETF40B marine gas turbine engines for the fiscal year ...