Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...
The Rolls-Royce UltraFan could be the powerplant of choice for next-generation aircraft.
A modern jet engine is a complex mechanical wonder. However, these aren't engines that will just roar into action with the turn of a key or the press of a button. Often, turbine engines will need ...
GE Aerospace reported that it has conducted more than 3 million hours of supercomputing simulations during the past three years in its effort to define new commercial jet engine technology. It is ...
Walls 3 feet thick and giant doors weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds enclose a sort of laboratory for jet engines. Delta says this is the first such facility built in the United States in 20 ...
May 9 (Reuters) - A nearly week-long strike by around 3,000 U.S. Pratt & Whitney workers to keep jet engine work in Connecticut is the latest source of uncertainty in an aerospace supply chain already ...
Sep. 18—Jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an approximately $670 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of War for additional production of F135 engines for F-35 ...
SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - GE Aerospace technician Suresh Sinnaiyan has spent more than a ⁠decade ⁠repairing jet‑engine compressor blades by guiding them across a sanding belt ⁠with practised ...
Engine chevrons have become a defining feature of modern aircraft, but do they really pose a problem for performance?