Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...

AVRIEUX, France, Jan 19 (Reuters) - French engine maker Safran (SAF.PA), opens new tab said on Friday it had begun wind-tunnel tests for its "RISE" technology project, a radical jet engine design for ...

For years, the defense and military communities have been faced with increasing pressure to incorporate advanced Prognostic Health Management (PHM) solutions into high-value turbine jet engines.

UW mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Stephan Brinckmann, from Clinton, N.J., and first-year graduate student Jackson Rambough, of Kingston, Wash., display a computer model and prototype of the ...

A fun YouTube video shows a foamcore F-18 built to house an actual jet turbine. The versatile F/A-18 has decades of military history, though this is likely the first one with a tin-foil heat shield.

A hyped new vehicle features multiple blades and wings and has a face that resembles a Transformer that didn’t quite complete its metamorphosis. It’s even got a jet engine in the back, giving the ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.-- A team of U.S. Army and academic researchers developed a novel design to automatically adjust aircraft engine rotor blade positions while already in-flight, a tactic ...

Alexander Van Holstyn’s Reflective Pulse Engine, a spiral-chambered turbine, fires each chamber sequentially to maximize energy potential. Currently, the engine is under development. The naturally ...