In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, ...

AN AMISH BUGGY that would normally be drawn by horses has been fitted with a turbo jet engine. “It’s like oil and water, they ...

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 ...

American aerospace giant Boeing has taken a bit of tarnish of late. A pair of deadly crashes and other lesser malfunctions have sullied the reputations of the latest iterations of the brand's 737 Max ...

Pioneering Early Jet Engine Architectures When gas turbine technology began to take off in the 1940s, the U.S. government wouldn’t allow Pratt & Whitney to pursue the technology because it needed a ...

How do military aircraft like the F-16 achieve supersonic speeds? It’s all thanks to the afterburner. An afterburner is made up of five rings on the back of the engine, each with hundreds of ...

From the 1970s through the 1990s, tri-jets were a common sight in our skies. Aircraft with three jet engines were capable of transoceanic flights and more fuel-efficient than four-engine aircraft like ...

Rolls-Royce has made a significant proposal to partner with India on developing and manufacturing a next-generation engine ...

In May 2025, Delhi NCR-based Green Aero also successfully demonstrated its first hydrogen-powered jet engine named The Blue Dragon, but commercial deployment of such engines is still a long way away ...