British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is currently in the process of testing new technology at its Derby site in order to protect jet engines from the damaging effects of desert dust and sand. Fine ...

Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130's ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, getting closer to flight testing. Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 24, ...

With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess of Mach 5 in a smaller, cheaper, lighter, and more efficient package than ...

You could call it a temple of thrust -- a building designed to handle the massive thrust these engines can kick up. Walls 3 feet thick and giant doors weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds enclose ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) -- Rolls-Royce North America has broken ground on $50 million second jet engine test stand at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss. The ceremony was ...

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 ...

While the World War II era was the first time we saw fighter jet engines take to the sky, there were some earlier operational prototypes. Anselm Franz, an Austrian engineer, designed and fitted one of ...